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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

July 20, 2026Brewster County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this river flood warning at Jul 20, 2026, 4:22 PM CDT for Brewster County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2026, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2026, 9:54 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Brewster County, TX

The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Grande at Castolon (CSTT2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08374550, 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 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 21 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 6:37 PM CDT, 21 hours 45 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 19, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	47 min
Jul 19, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Reeves	33 min
Jul 19, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Ward	46 min
Jul 19, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Mitchell	52 min
Jul 19, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MAF	Pecos, Reeves	49 min
Jul 19, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MAF	Scurry	51 min
Jul 20, 3:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MAF	Culberson, Reeves	3 hr

Nearby

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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 gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.