⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Hunt; Rockwall; Kaufman – Thursday, July 16, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 16 at 1:43PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX

Details

At 143 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Terrell, moving north at 20 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Terrell, Royse City, West Tawakoni, Quinlan, Caddo Mills, Hawk Cove,
New Terrell City Lake, Lake Tawakoni, Elmo, Union Valley, Oak Ridge,
and Cash.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 20 between mile markers 498 and 505.
Interstate 30 between mile markers 79 and 86.

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.