346  
WWUS84 KFWD 181443  
SPSFWD  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX  
943 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
TXZ121-122-135-181530-  
KAUFMAN TX-VAN ZANDT TX-HENDERSON TX-  
943 AM CDT SAT APR 18 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN  
KAUFMAN, SOUTHERN VAN ZANDT AND HENDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 AM  
CDT...  
 
AT 942 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
EUSTACE, OR NEAR GUN BARREL CITY, MOVING EAST AT 65 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...  
PURTIS CREEK STATE PARK AROUND 950 AM CDT.  
EDOM AROUND 1000 AM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE BEN WHEELER, MOORE  
STATION, LOG CABIN, WHITTON, TOLOSA, RODDY, STAR HARBOR, JACKSON,  
PAYNE SPRINGS, AND REDLAND.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 20 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 530 AND 542.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3223 9549 3220 9546 3215 9548 3213 9546  
3207 9607 3208 9606 3208 9611 3210 9612  
3215 9610 3216 9616 3218 9618 3221 9615  
3220 9619 3222 9621 3256 9632 3256 9559  
3248 9560 3235 9545 3228 9545  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1442Z 257DEG 58KT 3230 9606  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
DUNN  
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