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Flash Flood Warning 163, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 19, 2026Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2026, 6:49 PM CDT for Brewster County, Jeff Davis County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2026, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2026, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Brewster County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 235 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1047 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:55 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
555 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

TXZ277>279-192345-
Central Brewster County TX-Davis Mountains Foothills TX-
Davis Mountains TX-
555 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN BREWSTER COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 555 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles southeast of Alpine, moving north at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Alpine and Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3005 10349 3008 10365 3039 10363 3038 10334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 187DEG 9KT 3016 10355

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:17 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
617 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

TXZ279-282-192345-
Central Brewster County TX-Lower Brewster County TX-
617 PM CDT Sun Jul 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BREWSTER COUNTY THROUGH
645 PM CDT...

At 616 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19
miles northeast of Persimmon Gap, or 37 miles southwest of Sanderson,
moving north at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Brewster
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 2973 10277 2971 10292 2992 10307 2999 10276
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 174DEG 10KT 2979 10287

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:44 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Midland	44 min
Jul 18, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Borden, Mitchell, Scurry	44 min
Jul 18, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Andrews, Martin, Midland	51 min
Jul 18, 7:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Scurry	3 hr
Jul 18, 7:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Andrews, Martin, Midland	3 hr
Jul 18, 7:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Mitchell, Scurry	4 hr
Jul 18, 8:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Andrews, Howard, Martin	3 hr
Jul 18, 8:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry	3 hr
Jul 19, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson, Reeves	3 hr
Jul 19, 5:40 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	4 hr
Jul 19, 9:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jul 19, 12:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson	3 hr
Jul 19, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	42 min
Jul 19, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	38 min
Jul 19, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Brewster	18 min
Jul 19, 4:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jul 19, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	50 min
Jul 19, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	28 min
Jul 19, 6:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Brewster	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Brewster	46 min
Jul 18, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Lea	47 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.