⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Smith; Cherokee; Rusk – Saturday, September 5, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 5 at 2:54PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA

Details

At 254 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 8 miles west of Bullard to 6 miles
northwest of New Salem, or extending from 13 miles southwest of Tyler
to 14 miles east of Jacksonville, moving southwest at 20 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…
Jacksonville, Rusk, Bullard, Mixon, Mount Selman, Reese, Ponta, New
Summerfield, Noonday, Gallatin, Cuney, Concord, Teaselville and
Brachfield.

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.