| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Titus; Camp; Morris; Cass; Upshur; Marion; Gregg; Harrison |
| Effective | 7/16/2026, 5:31:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/16/2026, 6:00:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued July 16 at 5:31PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA
Details
At 531 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong
thunderstorms extending from 7 miles southeast of Pittsburg to near
Diana, or extending from 7 miles southeast of Pittsburg to 9 miles
north of Longview, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include…
Daingerfield, Hughes Springs, Lone Star, Ore City, Cedar Springs,
Jenkins, Cason, Diana, Rocky Branch, Avinger, Holly Springs, Center
Point, Lafayette and Lassater.
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.
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