134  
WWUS84 KFWD 180703  
SPSFWD  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX  
203 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
TXZ091-092-100>102-180745-  
COOKE TX-YOUNG TX-MONTAGUE TX-WISE TX-JACK TX-  
203 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF YOUNG, MONTAGUE,  
NORTHWESTERN WISE, JACK AND COOKE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 AM CDT...  
 
AT 200 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LINDSAY TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WOODSON.  
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
GAINESVILLE, GRAHAM, JACKSBORO, BRYSON, SUNSET, AND LAKE GRAHAM  
AROUND 205 AM CDT.  
ALVORD, CHICO, FORT RICHARDSON STATE PARK, AND LAKE BRIDGEPORT  
AROUND 210 AM CDT.  
BRIDGEPORT AROUND 220 AM CDT.  
POSSUM KINGDOM LAKE AROUND 225 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE LOST CREEK  
RESERVOIR, CUNDIFF, ROSSTON, BULCHER, NEWCASTLE, PARK SPRINGS,  
MURRAY, LOVING, CAPPS CORNER, AND CRAFTON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 494 AND 503.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3382 9738 3392 9721 3374 9717 3372 9716  
3373 9709 3385 9709 3384 9703 3394 9695  
3373 9694 3318 9780 3301 9843 3296 9843  
3297 9895 3340 9895 3340 9842 3347 9842  
3347 9798 3389 9798 3385 9785 3399 9766  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0700Z 305DEG 29KT 3362 9726 3308 9896  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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