⚠️ Flood Watch – Parmer; Castro; Swisher; Briscoe; Hall; Childress; Bailey; Lamb; Hale; Floyd; Motley; Cottle; Cochran; Hockley; Lubbock; Crosby; Dickens; King; Yoakum; Terry; Lynn; Garza; Kent; Stonewall – Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Flood Watch issued October 28 at 10:31PM CDT until October 30 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

Details

* WHAT…Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

* WHERE…Portions of northwest and the Panhandle of Texas, including
the following counties, in northwest Texas, Bailey, Childress,
Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley,
Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Motley, Stonewall, Terry and
Yoakum. In the Panhandle of Texas, Briscoe, Castro, Hall, Parmer
and Swisher.

* WHEN…From Thursday afternoon through Friday evening.

* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Widespread rain showers are expected to develop Thursday
afternoon and persist through much of Friday. Showers may be
heavy at times, especially late Thursday into early Friday
morning, and may result in flash flooding.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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