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1 concurrent flood warnings — 10 counties affected
Severe flooding across Gaines, Dawson, and Parmer Counties in Texas and Lea County in New Mexico beginning July 18, 2026, poses immediate water damage and mold risks to homes in the affected region.
Overview written from official NOAA / National Weather Service data.
- Type
- Flood Outbreak
- Extent
- ≈ 4,902,878 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
Each shaded area is one covered warning's reported footprint — this outbreak groups the 13 warnings listed below, colored by hazard type. Press Play below to watch each footprint appear in the order it was issued. Pan and zoom to explore the map.
Interactive affected-area map
Cottle County, TX; Parmer County, TX; Martin County, TX; Motley County, TX; Lea County, NM; Borden County, TX; Howard County, TX; Dawson County, TX; Mitchell County, TX; Gaines County, TX · ≈ 7,700 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
2026-07-19 01:45 UTC · snapshot 13 of 13
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS LUB storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Paducah, TX
Report from mPING: Street/road flooding; Street/road closed; Vehicles stranded.
- Storm report NWS LUB storm report
FLOOD — 1 S Matador, TX
Report from mPING: River/Creek overflowing; Cropland/Yard/Basement Flooding.
- Storm report NWS LUB storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 N Tahoka, TX
Corrects previous flash flood report from 2 N Tahoka. Highway 87 did have water on the roadway about 2 miles north of Tahoka, but the highway was not closed.
- Bulletin NWS Midland/Odessa TX
Flash Flood Warning issued
Borden, TX; Howard, TX; Mitchell, TX; Scurry, TX
Show 13 earlier updates
- NWS Lubbock TX Bulletin
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX Bulletin
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX Bulletin
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX Bulletin
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX Bulletin
- NWS Lubbock TX Bulletin
- NWS Lubbock TX Bulletin
- NWS Lubbock TX Bulletin
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX Bulletin
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX Bulletin
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX Bulletin
- NWS Midland/Odessa TX Bulletin
- FEMA Federal declaration
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.
Warnings covered
Warnings this outbreak covered
This page tracks the outbreak as a whole; each entry below is one official warning thread with its own live status, map and update log.
- Flash Flood Warning — Andrews, TX +2Andrews, TX; Howard, TX; Martin, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Andrews, TX +2Andrews, TX; Martin, TX; Midland, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Borden, TX +3Borden, TX; Howard, TX; Mitchell, TX; Scurry, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Borden, TX +2Borden, TX; Howard, TX; Scurry, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Childress, TX +3Childress, TX; Cottle, TX; Hall, TX; Motley, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Cottle, TX +1Cottle, TX; King, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Dawson, TXDawson, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Dawson, TX +1Dawson, TX; Gaines, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Floyd, TX +1Floyd, TX; Motley, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Lea, NMLea, NMsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Lea, NMLea, NMsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Mitchell, TX +1Mitchell, TX; Scurry, TXsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Parmer, TXParmer, TXsevereEnded