446  
WGUS74 KMAF 151612  
FFSMAF  
 
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX  
1112 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026  
 
TXC329-151745-  
/O.CON.KMAF.FF.W.0239.000000T0000Z-261015T1745Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MIDLAND TX-  
1112 AM CDT THU OCT 15 2026  
 
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM CDT THIS  
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY...  
 
AT 1112 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY  
RAIN ON WADLEY, GREENBRIAR, GARFIELD, AND MIDLAND DRIVE, AMONG OTHER  
ROADWAYS. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS  
ALREADY OCCURRING. THE PUBLIC SHOULD REFRAIN FROM DRIVING FLOODED  
ROADS IF POSSIBLE.  
 
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
FLASH FLOODING.  
 
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED.  
 
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN  
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.  
 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...  
MIDLAND, MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIR AND SPACE PORT, MIDLAND AIRPARK  
AND WARFIELD.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
MIDLAND DRAW AND MONAHANS DRAW.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
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 3199 10229 3209 10216 3209 10206 3203 10197  
3196 10203 3190 10221  
 
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED  
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE  
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR  
 

 
 
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