| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Foard; Wilbarger; Knox; Baylor |
| Effective | 8/22/2026, 6:53:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/22/2026, 7:30:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 22 at 6:53PM CDT by NWS Norman OK
Details
At 652 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking the leading edge of winds
from strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 4 miles west of
Grayback to near Red Springs to 7 miles northwest of O’Brien.
Movement was southeast 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…
Seymour, Munday, Knox City, Benjamin, Goree, Red Springs, Thalia,
Harrold, Gilliland, Bomarton, Lockett, Lake Kemp, Mabelle, Vera,
Truscott, Grayback, Rhineland, southwestern Lake Diversion, and
Rayland.
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.
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