Special Weather Statement — Montague + 2 more areasSpecial Weather Statement — Montague + 2 more areas
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 Montague; Cooke; Wise. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.
- First collected
- Oct 15, 2026 · 4:33 AM CDT
- Record completed
- Oct 15, 2026 · 5:00 AM CDT
- Monitored duration
- 26 minutes
- Official severity
- Moderate
- Named areas
- Montague; Cooke; Wise
- Official expiration
- Oct 15, 2026 · 5:00 AM CDT
- Final monitor status
- Left the active NWS alert feed
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Record facts
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Affected Texas areas
- Montague; Cooke; Wise
- Effective
- 2026-10-15T04:30:00-05:00
- Expires
- 2026-10-15T05:00:00-05:00
- Issuing authority
- NWS Fort Worth TX
Completed
Official record ended or left the source’s active window.
Instructions preserved with the record
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This record is completed. Check current official sources before acting.Latest official-source information
At 427 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Nocona to 10 miles southwest of St. Jo to
near Lake Bridgeport. Movement was east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Bridgeport, Alvord, St. Jo, Chico, and Lake Nocona around 435 AM
CDT.
Lake Muenster around 445 AM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these storms include Prairie Point,
Greenwood, Rosston, Fruitland, Bulcher, Park Springs, Capps Corner,
Montague, Illinois Bend, and Nocona Hills.
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
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