Severe Thunderstorm Warning for AR, OK, TX Counties
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on July 31, 2026, 3 weeks ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Shreveport has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for multiple counties in southwestern Arkansas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northeastern Texas until 6:45 AM CDT.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Southwestern Arkansas, Southeastern Oklahoma, Northeastern Texas
- Issued
- July 31, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Shreveport LA
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Southwestern Arkansas, Southeastern Oklahoma, Northeastern Texas.
Alert Details
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Shreveport LA. Effective from 5:46 AM CDT June 22, 2026 until 6:45 AM CDT June 22, 2026. Severity: Severe. Certainty: Observed. Urgency: Immediate.
Affected Areas
Hempstead County AR, Howard County AR, Little River County AR, Sevier County AR, McCurtain County OK, Northern Bowie County TX, Northern Franklin County TX, Red River County TX, Northern Titus County TX. Locations impacted include De Queen, Ashdown, Nashville, New Boston, Clarksville, Mineral Springs, Dierks, Horatio, Foreman, Boxelder, Umpire, Hagansport, Idabel, Broken Bow, De Kalb, Bogata, Lockesburg, Wilton, Blevins and Tollette.
What You Should Do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Expected Conditions
At 5:46 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from 10 miles northeast of Athens to 21 miles west of Manchester, moving southeast at 45 mph. A 49 mph wind gust was recorded from the Hugo Mesonet station. Hazard: 60 mph wind gusts. Source: Radar indicated. Impact: Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Timeline
Alert effective immediately on June 22, 2026 at 5:46 AM CDT and expires at 6:45 AM CDT the same day.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (1,610 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to July 31, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.