Special Weather Statement — Marion + 1 more areaSpecial Weather Statement — Marion + 1 more area
Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.
What the preserved official data shows
This Special Weather Statement left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Marion; Harrison. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Sep 5, 2026 · 5:00 PM CDT
- Record completed
- Sep 5, 2026 · 5:48 PM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 48 minutes
- Official severity
- Moderate
- Named areas
- Marion; Harrison
- Official expiration
- Sep 5, 2026 · 5:45 PM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Affected Texas areas
- Marion; Harrison
- Effective
- 2026-09-05T16:59:00-05:00
- Expires
- 2026-09-05T17:45:00-05:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS Shreveport LA
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Latest official-source information
At 459 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from near Smithland to over Blanchard, or
extending from 20 miles south of Atlanta to 10 miles northwest of
Shreveport, moving southwest 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...
Blanchard, Waskom, Jefferson, Oil City, Mooringsport, Karnack,
Smithland, Woodlawn, Gray, Uncertain, Leigh, Bethany, Caddo Lake
and Jonesville.
Meaningful official changes
The complete source history remains preserved. Routine monitoring snapshots and small gauge fluctuations are condensed here for readability.
- Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
- First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.
Original source
This record is derived from an official public source. Texas Hazard Watch preserves and organizes it but does not replace the issuing authority.