⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Hunt; Delta; Hopkins – Saturday, August 8, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 8 at 2:56PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX

Details

At 256 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cumby, or near Commerce. This storm was nearly stationary.

HAZARD…Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central Hunt,
northwestern Hopkins and southwestern Delta Counties, including the
following locations… Neylandville, Ridgeway, Dixon, Peerless, and
South Sulphur.

This includes Interstate 30 between mile markers 98 and 121.

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.