⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Bosque; Hill – Thursday, July 16, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 16 at 5:27PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX

Details

At 527 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Lake Whitney, or 14 miles southwest of Hillsboro, moving north at 30
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…
Whitney, Itasca, Laguna Park, Blum, Covington, Lake Whitney, Aquilla
Lake, Lake Whitney State Park, Lakewood Harbor, Aquilla, Mayfield,
Osceola, Woodbury, and Peoria.

This includes Interstate 35W between mile markers 8 and 9.

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.