Severe Flood ● Monitoring
Flood Warning issued October 16 at 2:23PM CDT until October 17 at 1:45PM CDT by NWS Norman OK, United States of America
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...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Texas...
Pease River near Vernon affecting Wilbarger County.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Pease River near Vernon.
* WHEN...Until Saturday afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Brief... shallow flooding affects
agricultural lands and low-lying roads along the Pease River in
north Wilbarger County.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 15.1 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 15.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 15.4 feet
just after midnight tonight. It will then fall below flood stage
tomorrow morning.
- Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Measurements
| Coordinates | 34.1700, -99.6586 |
|---|---|
| Region | Wilbarger, TX |
| Location Precision | polygon |
| Issuing Authority | United States of America — us-noaa-nws-en |
| Cap Urgency | Immediate |
| Cap Certainty | Observed |
| Cap Expires | 2026-10-17T02:30:00-05:00 |
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Internet connectivity at the time
Internet connectivity in United States dropped 29 hours after this event, and stayed disrupted for about 1 hour.
From 18 Oct 2026 00:00 UTC to 18 Oct 2026 01:00 UTC. Detected by active probing — networks that stopped answering.
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Satellite view, before and after
The latest clear Sentinel-2 pass before this event and the earliest one after it.
8 Oct 2026, 8 days before this event. 0% cloud across the tile.
18 Oct 2026, 2 days after this event. 4.5% cloud across the tile.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026, found through the Earth Search catalogue (Element 84) and served from the AWS Open Data Sentinel-2 archive.
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