Flood Warning issued October 15 at 12:48PM CDT until October 15 at 2:30PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
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* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Cottle County in northwestern Texas... Dickens County in northwestern Texas... Northern King County in northwestern Texas... Southeastern Motley County in northwestern Texas... * WHEN...Until 230 PM CDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1248 PM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 4 and 6 inches of rain have fallen. - Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Paducah, Dickens, Guthrie, Delwin, Dumont, Finney, Grow, Chalk, Afton, Swearingen, Hackberry and Roaring Springs. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- TX, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Cottle, TX; Dickens, TX; King, TX; Motley, TX
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-15T12:48:00-05:00
- states
- ["TX"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-15T12:48:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2d8afd226007f8d3fadfb56ece463606b29ac053.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9e587347446cbf164319a61eda726d84f0335438.001.1"]
- instruction
- Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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