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Severe Thunderstorm Watch — Childress + 10 more areasSevere Thunderstorm Watch — Childress + 10 more areas

Completed official-source record with preserved facts and meaningful-change history. The final record does not infer impacts the source did not report.

StatusCompleted
Affected area / locationChildress; Cottle; Crosby
Record roleIncident record
Last meaningful change1 week ago
Last source check1 week ago
Official sourceNational Weather Service
FINAL RECORD

What the preserved official data shows

Automated factual summary

This Severe Thunderstorm Watch left the National Weather Service active-alert feed after being preserved by Texas Hazard Watch. The official record named Childress; Cottle; Crosby; Dickens; Garza; additional areas in official record. Completion confirms the alert is no longer in the active feed; it does not by itself establish damage or other impacts.

First collected
Oct 14, 2026 · 3:30 PM CDT
Record completed
Oct 14, 2026 · 7:15 PM CDT
Monitored duration
3 hours, 45 minutes
Official severity
Severe
Named areas
Childress; Cottle; Crosby; Dickens; Garza; additional areas in official record
Official expiration
Oct 14, 2026 · 11:00 PM CDT
Final monitor status
Left the active NWS alert feed
EXACT LOCATION & OFFICIAL GIS

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Record facts

Event
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Affected Texas areas
Childress; Cottle; Crosby; Dickens; Garza; Hall; Kent; King; Lynn; Motley; Stonewall
Effective
2026-10-14T15:22:00-05:00
Expires
2026-10-14T23:00:00-05:00
Issuing authority
NWS Lubbock TX
LATEST MEANINGFUL CHANGE

Completed

Official record ended or left the source’s active window.

Latest official-source information

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
685 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST TEXAS

COTTLE CROSBY DICKENS
GARZA KENT KING
LYNN MOTLEY STONEWALL

IN THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS

CHILDRESS HALL

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ASPERMONT, CEE VEE, CHILDRESS,
CROSBYTON, DICKENS, DUMONT, GUTHRIE, JAYTON, KIRKLAND,
LAKE ALAN HENRY, MATADOR, MEMPHIS, NEW HOME, ODONNELL, OLD GLORY,
PADUCAH, POST, RALLS, ROARING SPRINGS, SPUR, TAHOKA, AND TURKEY.

RECORDED TIMELINE

Meaningful official changes

2 meaningful changes

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  1. Record completedOfficial record ended or left the source’s active window.
  2. First recordedNew official record added to the monitor.

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