July 16, 2026

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⚠️ Flash Flood Warning – Coke, TX; Nolan, TX; Runnels, TX; Taylor, TX – Thursday, July 16, 2026

Event Flash Flood Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely
Area Coke, TX; Nolan, TX; Runnels, TX; Taylor, TX
Effective 7/16/2026, 10:21:00 AM CDT
Expires 7/16/2026, 1:15:00 PM CDT

Flash Flood Warning issued July 16 at 10:21AM CDT until July 16 at 1:15PM CDT by NWS San Angelo TX

Details

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The National Weather Service in San Angelo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
Northeastern Coke County in west central Texas…
Southeastern Nolan County in west central Texas…
Northwestern Runnels County in west central Texas…
Southwestern Taylor County in west central Texas…

* Until 115 PM CDT.

* At 1021 AM CDT, Although the heaviest rain has ended for the
moment, up to 6 inches of rain have fallen since 3 am. Flash
flooding is ongoing and will continue through at least noon.

HAZARD…Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. This will
include Valley Creek flowing south into Runnels County,
Elm Creek flowing into Taylor County, and Bitter Creek
flowing into Nolan County. Low water crossings along these
creeks will likely remain flooded and impassable.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include…
Blackwell, Nolan, Hylton, Happy Valley, Wingate, Fort Chadbourne,
Coronados Camp, Shep, Oak Creek Reservoir, Camp Butman, Pumphrey,
Wilmeth, and Drasco.

This includes the following Low Water Crossings…
FM 89 crossing Scott Hollow, FM 89 crossing Elm Creek, FM 1086
crossing Red Lake Creek, FM 89 crossing Elm Creek, County Road 209
crossing Bitter Creek, County Road 181 crossing Cas Russell Creek,
County Road 180 crossing Bear Creek, County Road 180 crossing Oak
Creek, Hamilton crossing and Ross Rd. crossing Bouzier Creek.

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.