August 8, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Red River; Franklin; Titus – Friday, August 7, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Red River; Franklin; Titus
Effective 8/7/2026, 7:48:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/7/2026, 8:30:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 7 at 7:48PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA

Details

At 748 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 8 miles northeast of Clarksville to 5
miles southwest of Bogata, or extending from 8 miles northeast of
Clarksville to 6 miles northwest of Hagansport, moving southeast at
15 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch size 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…
Clarksville, Boxelder, Hagansport, Bogata, Wilkerson, Talco, Avery,
Annona, Cuthand, Harts Bluff, Johntown, English and Bryarly.

Instructions

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.


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