Weather alerts in Texas, 1986
1,403 weather alerts in 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 in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,403
- Warnings
- 1,403
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May412 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 17, 198681 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
1,403 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 909 |
| Tornado Warning | 209 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 285 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tarrant County29
- Dallas County25
- Jones County24
- Archer County24
- Bowie County23
- Fisher County23
- Wichita County23
- Denton County22
- Comanche County22
- Stonewall County22
- Andrews County21
- Bexar County20
- Eastland County20
- Val Verde County20
- Haskell County19
- Palo Pinto County19
- Lubbock County19
- Upton County19
- Gaines County19
- Ellis County18
- Stephens County18
- Crane County18
- Johnson County17
- Harrison County17
- Wise County17
- Pecos County17
- Collin County16
- Clay County16
- Martin County16
- Ector County16
- Howard County16
- Parker County15
- Brown County15
- Midland County15
- Cass County14
- Knox County14
- Nolan County14
- Polk County13
- Grayson County13
- Shackelford County13
202 more counties
- Wilbarger County13
- Taylor County13
- Tom Green County13
- Galveston County13
- Smith County12
- Marion County12
- Hopkins County12
- Hardin County12
- Titus County12
- Dawson County12
- Red River County12
- Montague County12
- Foard County12
- Throckmorton County12
- Lynn County12
- Camp County11
- Henderson County11
- Franklin County11
- Tyler County11
- Bosque County11
- Jefferson County11
- Scurry County11
- Callahan County11
- Shelby County11
- El Paso County11
- Fannin County10
- Gregg County10
- Hidalgo County10
- Jasper County10
- Jack County10
- Cooke County10
- Hunt County10
- Young County10
- Erath County10
- Lavaca County10
- Kerr County10
- Panola County10
- Floyd County10
- Runnels County10
- Chambers County10
- Burnet County9
- Wood County9
- Navarro County9
- Bastrop County9
- Duval County9
- Baylor County9
- Coleman County9
- Hamilton County9
- Hockley County9
- Cottle County9
- Williamson County8
- Van Zandt County8
- Liberty County8
- San Jacinto County8
- McLennan County8
- Travis County8
- Kaufman County8
- Winkler County8
- Crosby County8
- Terry County8
- Real County8
- Starr County8
- Comal County8
- Limestone County7
- Harris County7
- Montgomery County7
- Morris County7
- Rockwall County7
- Guadalupe County7
- Angelina County7
- Orange County7
- Hardeman County7
- Garza County7
- Blanco County7
- Atascosa County7
- Mitchell County7
- Glasscock County7
- Dickens County7
- Bailey County7
- Rains County6
- Cameron County6
- Lamar County6
- Calhoun County6
- Lampasas County6
- McCulloch County6
- Brazos County6
- Hale County6
- King County6
- Collingsworth County6
- Randall County6
- Swisher County6
- Lamb County6
- Brewster County6
- Hood County5
- Upshur County5
- Willacy County5
- Colorado County5
- Wharton County5
- Hill County5
- Delta County5
- Medina County5
- Gonzales County5
- DeWitt County5
- Refugio County5
- Aransas County5
- Frio County5
- Motley County5
- Kendall County5
- Bandera County5
- Edwards County5
- Goliad County5
- Terrell County5
- Webb County5
- Coke County5
- Kent County5
- Lipscomb County5
- Hall County5
- Concho County5
- Potter County5
- Dimmit County5
- Brazoria County5
- Yoakum County5
- Bell County4
- Falls County4
- Anderson County4
- Fort Bend County4
- Newton County4
- Hays County4
- Victoria County4
- Bee County4
- San Patricio County4
- Live Oak County4
- Ward County4
- Houston County4
- Nacogdoches County4
- Mills County4
- Llano County4
- La Salle County4
- McMullen County4
- Nueces County4
- Ochiltree County4
- Armstrong County4
- Donley County4
- Wheeler County4
- San Saba County4
- Lee County4
- Irion County4
- Sterling County4
- Freestone County3
- Rusk County3
- Wilson County3
- San Augustine County3
- Cochran County3
- Gillespie County3
- Robertson County3
- Jim Wells County3
- Uvalde County3
- Jim Hogg County3
- Briscoe County3
- Borden County3
- Trinity County3
- Walker County3
- Crockett County3
- Zavala County3
- Somervell County2
- Leon County2
- Karnes County2
- Coryell County2
- Zapata County2
- Maverick County2
- Kenedy County2
- Hemphill County2
- Schleicher County2
- Austin County2
- Waller County2
- Washington County2
- Jackson County2
- Dallam County2
- Oldham County2
- Hartley County2
- Carson County2
- Hansford County2
- Reeves County2
- Fayette County2
- Caldwell County1
- Sutton County1
- Madison County1
- Sabine County1
- Brooks County1
- Childress County1
- Mason County1
- Burleson County1
- Milam County1
- Gray County1
- Matagorda County1
- Parmer County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Jeff Davis County1
- Reagan County1
- Kleberg County1
- Castro County1
- Kinney County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.