⚠️ Flood Warning – Cottle, TX; Dickens, TX; King, TX; Motley, TX – Thursday, October 15, 2026

Flood Warning issued October 15 at 8:25AM CDT until October 15 at 11:30AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

Details

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.

* 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 1130 AM CDT.

* IMPACTS…Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying
and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 825 AM 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 3 and 5 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

Instructions

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.