472  
WWUS84 KFWD 181340  
SPSFWD  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX  
840 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
TXZ133-134-145-181415-  
ELLIS TX-HILL TX-JOHNSON TX-  
840 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF JOHNSON,  
NORTHWESTERN HILL AND WESTERN ELLIS COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...  
 
AT 840 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
GRANDVIEW, OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF KEENE, MOVING EAST AT 60 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.  
 
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
GRANDVIEW AROUND 845 AM CDT.  
MIDLOTHIAN AND MAYPEARL AROUND 855 AM CDT.  
WAXAHACHIE AROUND 900 AM CDT.  
RED OAK AROUND 910 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE REAGOR SPRINGS, IKE,  
LOVELACE, RIO VISTA, PARKER, AVALON, MAYFIELD, GRIFFITH, SAND FLAT,  
AND ROCKETT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3223 9671 3196 9736 3214 9749 3217 9746  
3217 9751 3255 9753 3254 9670  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1340Z 248DEG 54KT 3228 9728  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
DUNN  
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