| Event | Flood Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Wichita, TX; Wilbarger, TX |
| Effective | 10/15/2026, 8:42:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 10/15/2026, 8:45:00 PM CDT |
Flood Warning issued October 15 at 8:42AM CDT until October 19 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Norman OK
Details
…The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Flood Warning
for the following rivers in Texas…
Beaver Creek near Electra affecting Wilbarger and Wichita Counties.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued this evening at 845 PM CDT.
* WHAT…Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE…Beaver Creek near Electra.
* WHEN…From this evening to Monday evening.
* IMPACTS…At 25.0 feet, Flood levels up to about a foot in depth
produce shallow… short duration agricultural flooding along and
near the creek in southern Wilbarger County and southwestern
Wichita County.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– At 8:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 14.8 feet.
– Bankfull stage is 24.0 feet.
– Forecast…The river will rise above flood stage late this
evening to 25.3 feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below
flood stage early tomorrow afternoon.
– Flood stage is 24.0 feet.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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