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Flash Flood Warning 187, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

September 18, 2026Eddy County, New Mexico

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2026, 6:56 PM MDT for Eddy County, New Mexico. 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
Sep 18, 2026, 6:56 PM MDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Eddy County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 18, 5:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 5:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 1:08 PM MDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 12:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis23 min
Sep 19, 12:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis45 min
Sep 19, 12:51 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis3 hr
Sep 19, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFJeff Davis49 min
Sep 19, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFCulberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves40 min
Sep 19, 1:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster15 min
Sep 19, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFJeff Davis, Presidio22 min
Sep 19, 1:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFJeff Davis, Reeves3 hr
Sep 19, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos31 min
Sep 19, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos24 min
Sep 19, 2:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos3 hr
Sep 19, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum53 min
Sep 19, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos36 min
Sep 19, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos47 min
Sep 19, 3:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFPecos43 min
Sep 19, 3:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos40 min
Sep 19, 3:25 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatMAFPecos2 hr
Sep 19, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos34 min
Sep 19, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFYoakum45 min
Sep 19, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos52 min
Sep 19, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatMAFPecos45 min
Sep 19, 4:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFPecos60 min
Sep 19, 4:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningMAFBrewster2 hr
Sep 19, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFBrewster, Pecos44 min
Sep 19, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementMAFAndrews39 min
Sep 19, 5:17 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatMAFBrewster, Pecos118 min
Sep 19, 5:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFAndrews, Gaines35 min
Sep 19, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFLea41 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.