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Flood Warning issued October 15 at 11:16AM CDT until October 15 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
A flood watch covered Hall, Childress, Motley, Cottle, Dickens, King, Kent, and Stonewall counties in northwest Texas and the Texas Panhandle until 1 PM CDT. The source reported more than 6 inches of rain in the prior 24 hours, with at least one more inch possible over the next hour.
Why it matters
The watch identified possible additional flooding in low-lying areas and at low-water crossings across the affected counties.
Categories: severe-weather-and-natural-disasters
Generated scores
Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.
- Confidence
- 8/10
- Geographic reach
- 3/10
- Global importance
- 2/10
- Impact magnitude
- 4/10
- Positivity
- 2/10
- Urgency
- 6/10
Primary official sources
- U.S. National Weather Service Alerts NWSFlood Warning issued October 15 at 11:16AM CDT until October 15 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
- U.S. National Weather Service Alerts NWSFlood Warning issued October 15 at 11:43AM CDT until October 15 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
- U.S. National Weather Service Alerts NWSFlood Watch issued October 15 at 11:43AM CDT until October 15 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
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