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WGUS74 KMAF 150641
FFSMAF
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX
141 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026
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GLASSCOCK TX-HOWARD TX-MITCHELL TX-SCURRY TX-
141 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GLASSCOCK, SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD, MITCHELL AND
SCURRY COUNTIES...
AT 141 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BIG SPRING, SNYDER, COLORADO CITY, COAHOMA, LORAINE, FORSAN, LAKE
COLORADO CITY, LAKE COLORADO CITY STATE PARK, COLORADO CITY
AIRPORT, CHAMPION CREEK RESERVOIR, SAND SPRINGS, INADALE,
WESTBROOK, CUTHBERT, BUFORD, IRA, DUNN, KNAPP AND WINSTON FIELD.
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA, SOME
ROADS AND LOW-LYING AREAS MAY STILL BE EXPERIENCING FLOODING.
CONTINUE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS!
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.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3203 10168 3252 10114 3283 10114 3284 10066
3209 10067 3209 10126 3203 10126
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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