⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sevier; Howard; Little River; Hempstead; Miller; Bowie – Friday, August 7, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 7 at 9:43PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA

Details

At 943 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from over Blevins to near Red Lick, or
extending from 12 miles north of Hope to 8 miles northwest of Wake
Village, 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…
Texarkana, Hope, Wake Village, Ashdown, Mineral Springs, Nash, Red
Lick, Wilton, Blevins, Tollette, Fulton, Ogden, Washington,
Saratoga, Mandeville, Richmond, Leary, Ozan and McNab.

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.