NWS Midland/Odessa TXFF.W 0191September 19, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Pecos, TX
The National Weather Service office in Midland/Odessa issued a flash flood warning for Pecos in Texas, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on September 19. It was the 191st flash flood warning the NWS office in Midland/Odessa issued in 2026. Texas had 125 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 55 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Texas's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Midland/Odessa TX
- Area
- Pecos
- State
- Texas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:25 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. CDT, September 19, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMAF FF.W 0191
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas since 2008Every warning type in Texas
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The notice as issued
FFWMAF The National Weather Service in Midland/Odessa has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Pecos County in southwestern Texas... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 425 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mainly rural areas of Central Pecos County. This includes the following streams and drainages... Big Canyon, Independence Creek, North Fork Independence Creek and Nineteen Draw.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.