August 8, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Wood; Smith – Friday, August 7, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Wood; Smith
Effective 8/7/2026, 6:31:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/7/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 7 at 6:31PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA

Details

At 631 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong
thunderstorms near Hainesville, or 5 miles northeast of Mineola,
moving south at 10 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea 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…
Mineola, Hainesville and Hoard.

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.