October 16, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Parker; Tarrant; Johnson – Thursday, October 15, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Parker; Tarrant; Johnson
Effective 10/15/2026, 7:08:00 PM CDT
Expires 10/15/2026, 8:15:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued October 15 at 7:08PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX

Details

At 708 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Benbrook, moving east at 20 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…
Fort Worth, Arlington, Mansfield, Burleson, Benbrook, White
Settlement, Crowley, Forest Hill, River Oaks, Kennedale, Everman,
Sansom Park, Alvarado, Rendon, Willow Park, Venus, Edgecliff Village,
Aledo, Westworth Village, and Pantego.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 35W between mile markers 31 and 53.
Interstate 20 between mile markers 418 and 449.
Interstate 30 between mile markers 1 and 23.

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.