August 8, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Cooke; Grayson; Denton; Collin – Friday, August 7, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Cooke; Grayson; Denton; Collin
Effective 8/7/2026, 5:52:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/7/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 7 at 5:52PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX

Details

At 552 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Muenster to near Sherman. Movement was
south at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Denton, Allen, Sherman, The Colony, Corinth,
Gainesville, Highland Village, Lake Dallas, Sanger, Whitesboro, Lake
Lewisville, Little Elm, Denison, Prosper, Anna, Fairview, and
Princeton.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 35 between mile markers 468 and 503.
Interstate 35W between mile markers 77 and 85.
Interstate 35E between mile markers 455 and 466.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.