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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 13, 2026Terrell County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 13, 2026, 3:24 PM CDT for Terrell County, Texas. It took effect at Jul 13, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2026, 3:24 PM CDT (20:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 13, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 14, 2026, 5:10 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Terrell County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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 river

Written for the forecast point Independence Creek 18 miles SSE of Sheffield (SFIT2).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08447020, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Jul 13, 1:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 12:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1241 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1235 PM     Flash Flood      1 SSE Warfield          31.91N 102.22W
07/13/2026                   Midland            TX   Trained Spotter

            Report of water over the road at the
            intersection of Hwy 349 and I-20.

&&

KML

Local storm report, Jul 13, 12:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Midland/Odessa TX
1248 PM CDT Mon Jul 13 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1241 PM     Flash Flood      4 WNW Midland           32.01N 102.15W
07/13/2026                   Midland            TX   Storm Chaser

            Report of most intersections and residential
            street flooding on West Wadley Ave near Loop
            250.

&&

KML

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 11:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Scurry	5 hr
Jul 13, 7:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Pecos, Terrell	3 hr
Jul 13, 10:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Glasscock, Midland, Reagan, Upton	3 hr
Jul 13, 11:35 AM CDT	Flood Watch	MAF	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more	4 days
Jul 13, 12:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Midland	3 hr
Jul 13, 1:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	MAF	Terrell	3 hr
Jul 13, 5:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Borden, Scurry	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Texas, 2026 Every river flood warning in 2026

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.