⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Motley; Cottle; Dickens; King – Saturday, August 22, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 22 at 6:07PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

Details

At 607 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 4 miles east of Paducah to 7 miles north of
Afton. Movement was south at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Paducah, Dickens, Guthrie, Grow, Dumont, Finney, Delwin, Afton,
Chalk, Hackberry, and Roaring Springs.

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.