598  
WGUS84 KLUB 150455  
FLSLUB  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX  
1155 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026  
 
TXC125-269-151300-  
/O.CON.KLUB.FA.W.0001.000000T0000Z-261015T1300Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
DICKENS TX-KING TX-  
1155 PM CDT WED OCT 14 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.  
 
* WHERE...EASTERN DICKENS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...  
KING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN TEXAS...  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER  
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. EXPECT  
MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL  
HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL  
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1151 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED  
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM HEAVY RAIN DUE TO  
THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS. FLOODING IS  
ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  
FALLEN. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE  
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, WHICH MAY  
BRING UP TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THE WARNED AREA.  
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...  
GUTHRIE, FINNEY, GROW AND DUMONT.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE  
DANGERS OF FLOODING.  
 
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3340 10077 3383 10056 3384 10022 3384 10000  
3356 10000  
 

 
 
DWK  
 
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