Flood Warning issued October 14 at 11:57PM CDT until October 15 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
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* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Cottle County in northwestern Texas... Southeastern Motley 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 1156 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... Paducah, Swearingen, Chalk, Delwin and Hackberry. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood 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.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- TX, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Cottle, TX; Motley, TX
- event
- Flood Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-14T23:57:00-05:00
- states
- ["TX"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-14T23:57:00-05:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aaff67b9292dc4d146005b9989e87667c8fefefb.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89934b6d93bf998981c65f025ad94cecad463cfa.001.1"]
- instruction
- 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.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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