Weather alerts in Texas
259,482 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 259,482
- Warnings
- 132,557
- Watches
- 10,736
- Advisories
- 43,031
- Busiest year
- 201514,300 alerts
- Average year
- 6,329over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harris County6,887
- Randall County5,329
- Pecos County5,327
- Potter County5,235
- Brazoria County5,175
- Wilbarger County5,126
- Dallas County4,990
- Wichita County4,944
- Carson County4,888
- Clay County4,872
- Tarrant County4,761
- Hardeman County4,614
- Armstrong County4,601
- Lubbock County4,591
- Tom Green County4,576
- Montgomery County4,530
- Oldham County4,519
- Gray County4,459
- Galveston County4,451
- Archer County4,450
- Baylor County4,448
- Taylor County4,448
- Denton County4,413
- Jones County4,412
- Foard County4,410
- Hutchinson County4,378
- Nueces County4,362
- Moore County4,352
- Harrison County4,343
- Deaf Smith County4,339
- Hartley County4,322
- Knox County4,299
- Hale County4,271
- Bowie County4,254
- Collin County4,236
- Roberts County4,236
- Donley County4,225
- Dallam County4,223
- Rusk County4,220
- Ochiltree County4,212
214 more counties
- Cass County4,172
- Liberty County4,155
- Floyd County4,115
- Lamb County4,111
- Smith County4,098
- Lipscomb County4,072
- Fort Bend County4,059
- Red River County4,057
- Hansford County4,053
- Panola County4,041
- Wheeler County4,041
- Hockley County4,039
- Swisher County3,999
- Briscoe County3,992
- Hemphill County3,992
- Sherman County3,984
- Wise County3,977
- Haskell County3,970
- Crosby County3,968
- Coleman County3,952
- Shackelford County3,940
- Gregg County3,934
- Hall County3,934
- Midland County3,928
- Callahan County3,918
- Motley County3,918
- Parker County3,914
- Hunt County3,913
- Runnels County3,910
- Nacogdoches County3,903
- Cooke County3,901
- Bexar County3,896
- Collingsworth County3,875
- Nolan County3,873
- Titus County3,873
- Castro County3,871
- Grayson County3,870
- Marion County3,869
- Cherokee County3,868
- Shelby County3,843
- Morris County3,822
- Upshur County3,821
- Kleberg County3,795
- Wood County3,786
- Chambers County3,784
- Jack County3,779
- Ellis County3,773
- Fisher County3,773
- Throckmorton County3,766
- Ector County3,746
- Montague County3,743
- Jasper County3,741
- Palo Pinto County3,738
- Val Verde County3,718
- Gaines County3,709
- Andrews County3,707
- Young County3,688
- Lynn County3,685
- Travis County3,666
- Dickens County3,660
- Newton County3,654
- Hardin County3,645
- Williamson County3,639
- Matagorda County3,623
- Brown County3,613
- Franklin County3,608
- Cottle County3,602
- Coke County3,598
- Polk County3,592
- Kaufman County3,577
- Childress County3,572
- Garza County3,569
- Johnson County3,562
- Howard County3,549
- San Patricio County3,540
- Cameron County3,530
- Waller County3,510
- Martin County3,506
- Bailey County3,497
- Scurry County3,489
- Tyler County3,472
- San Augustine County3,467
- Concho County3,463
- Fannin County3,460
- Brewster County3,457
- Terry County3,455
- Stephens County3,452
- Angelina County3,446
- Parmer County3,443
- Grimes County3,441
- Navarro County3,437
- Dawson County3,436
- Houston County3,435
- Hill County3,434
- Walker County3,418
- San Jacinto County3,415
- McCulloch County3,388
- Borden County3,384
- Wharton County3,378
- Camp County3,376
- Mitchell County3,348
- McLennan County3,346
- King County3,345
- Erath County3,344
- Kenedy County3,336
- Hidalgo County3,331
- Crockett County3,329
- Eastland County3,316
- Cochran County3,298
- Lamar County3,298
- Irion County3,283
- Rockwall County3,281
- Victoria County3,268
- Upton County3,267
- Trinity County3,266
- Sabine County3,264
- Bell County3,257
- Comal County3,256
- Calhoun County3,250
- Kent County3,249
- Bosque County3,241
- Glasscock County3,232
- Austin County3,231
- Burnet County3,225
- Henderson County3,224
- Brazos County3,204
- Hays County3,204
- Van Zandt County3,193
- El Paso County3,182
- Refugio County3,172
- Hopkins County3,170
- Stonewall County3,162
- Kerr County3,157
- Coryell County3,156
- Guadalupe County3,154
- Medina County3,150
- Edwards County3,145
- Hood County3,136
- Uvalde County3,122
- Yoakum County3,117
- Sterling County3,101
- Comanche County3,071
- Crane County3,059
- Ward County3,053
- San Saba County3,051
- Hamilton County3,043
- Colorado County3,019
- Bandera County3,016
- Anderson County3,013
- Limestone County3,013
- Washington County3,005
- Winkler County2,995
- Burleson County2,990
- Delta County2,990
- Bastrop County2,989
- Madison County2,985
- Jim Wells County2,983
- Schleicher County2,980
- Willacy County2,973
- Aransas County2,965
- Gillespie County2,952
- Live Oak County2,946
- Llano County2,939
- Reagan County2,935
- Jackson County2,926
- Blanco County2,920
- Orange County2,912
- Kinney County2,908
- Bee County2,903
- Kendall County2,897
- Webb County2,894
- Terrell County2,891
- Caldwell County2,889
- Menard County2,882
- Loving County2,874
- Somervell County2,854
- Real County2,851
- Gonzales County2,848
- Goliad County2,823
- Kimble County2,822
- Reeves County2,812
- Hudspeth County2,803
- Freestone County2,797
- Lee County2,783
- Mason County2,772
- Fayette County2,741
- Rains County2,738
- Sutton County2,738
- Falls County2,733
- Wilson County2,731
- Jefferson County2,719
- Lampasas County2,707
- Mills County2,674
- Lavaca County2,669
- Leon County2,647
- Milam County2,633
- Atascosa County2,603
- Robertson County2,591
- Duval County2,590
- Culberson County2,580
- DeWitt County2,538
- Starr County2,532
- McMullen County2,495
- Brooks County2,483
- La Salle County2,460
- Frio County2,435
- Karnes County2,425
- Jeff Davis County2,354
- Zavala County2,312
- Zapata County2,306
- Jim Hogg County2,279
- Maverick County2,180
- Dimmit County2,033
- Presidio County1,964
The latest warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 26 min |
| Sep 21, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, McCulloch | 24 min |
| Sep 21, 5:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 86 min |
| Sep 21, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 12 min |
| Sep 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 22 min |
| Sep 21, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 46 min |
| Sep 21, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Lamb, Parmer | 64 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.