Weather alerts in Texas, 1987
1,488 weather alerts in 1987, 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 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,488
- Warnings
- 1,488
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May568 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 28, 198777 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
1,488 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 | 1,087 |
| Tornado Warning | 197 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 204 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bexar County29
- Val Verde County27
- Dallas County25
- Uvalde County25
- Harrison County22
- Tarrant County21
- McLennan County21
- Medina County21
- Ector County21
- Kerr County21
- Lynn County21
- Real County20
- Travis County20
- Jefferson County20
- Denton County19
- Marion County19
- Lubbock County19
- Jasper County18
- Cass County17
- Jones County17
- Kinney County17
- Bandera County17
- Randall County17
- Hale County17
- San Patricio County17
- Eastland County16
- Hamilton County16
- Collin County16
- Hardin County16
- Hansford County16
- Parker County15
- Bosque County15
- Williamson County15
- Midland County15
- Orange County15
- Harris County15
- Pecos County15
- Ellis County14
- Hill County14
- Bowie County14
206 more counties
- Gregg County14
- Bell County14
- Smith County14
- Newton County14
- Andrews County14
- Ward County14
- Palo Pinto County13
- Kaufman County13
- Rusk County13
- Taylor County13
- Shackelford County13
- Frio County13
- Upshur County13
- Winkler County13
- Stephens County12
- Comanche County12
- Cooke County12
- Hunt County12
- Bee County12
- Limestone County12
- Knox County12
- Edwards County12
- Upton County12
- Grayson County11
- Hopkins County11
- Guadalupe County11
- Sabine County11
- Haskell County11
- Panola County11
- Howard County11
- Kendall County11
- Armstrong County11
- Lamb County11
- Dawson County11
- Carson County11
- Wise County10
- Caldwell County10
- Montgomery County10
- Gonzales County10
- Tyler County10
- Stonewall County10
- Henderson County10
- Callahan County10
- Jim Wells County10
- Galveston County10
- Borden County10
- Garza County10
- Hockley County10
- Castro County10
- Anderson County10
- Angelina County9
- Erath County9
- Fannin County9
- Van Zandt County9
- Lamar County9
- San Augustine County9
- Atascosa County9
- Wilson County9
- Wood County9
- Lavaca County9
- Maverick County9
- Zavala County9
- Duval County9
- Reeves County9
- Hays County9
- Briscoe County9
- Martin County9
- Hutchinson County9
- Shelby County8
- Johnson County8
- Navarro County8
- Polk County8
- Coryell County8
- Freestone County8
- Tom Green County8
- Chambers County8
- Swisher County8
- Ochiltree County8
- Gray County8
- Hood County7
- Brown County7
- Rockwall County7
- Delta County7
- Walker County7
- Hardeman County7
- Wilbarger County7
- Floyd County7
- Fisher County7
- Blanco County7
- Crosby County7
- Potter County7
- Gaines County7
- Nacogdoches County6
- Somervell County6
- Fort Bend County6
- Cherokee County6
- Comal County6
- Live Oak County6
- Victoria County6
- Red River County6
- Foard County6
- Falls County6
- Leon County6
- Robertson County6
- McCulloch County6
- Brazoria County6
- Reagan County6
- Titus County6
- Terry County6
- Liberty County6
- Throckmorton County6
- Houston County5
- Trinity County5
- Coleman County5
- Rains County5
- Colorado County5
- Grimes County5
- Burnet County5
- DeWitt County5
- Baylor County5
- Irion County5
- Wichita County5
- Glasscock County5
- Brazos County5
- San Jacinto County5
- Kleberg County5
- Webb County5
- Crane County5
- Crockett County5
- Sterling County5
- Deaf Smith County5
- Franklin County5
- Dickens County5
- Loving County5
- Burleson County5
- Lee County5
- Bastrop County5
- Gillespie County5
- Clay County4
- Montague County4
- Morris County4
- Wharton County4
- Llano County4
- Karnes County4
- Jackson County4
- Austin County4
- Cottle County4
- Lipscomb County4
- Motley County4
- Nueces County4
- Menard County4
- Nolan County4
- Scurry County4
- Camp County4
- Hall County4
- Terrell County4
- Donley County4
- Refugio County4
- Roberts County4
- Waller County3
- Matagorda County3
- Runnels County3
- Mason County3
- Concho County3
- Dimmit County3
- Cameron County3
- Coke County3
- McMullen County3
- Parmer County3
- Archer County3
- Cochran County3
- Brewster County3
- King County3
- Kent County3
- Oldham County3
- Willacy County3
- Calhoun County3
- Young County3
- Milam County3
- Bailey County3
- Moore County3
- Jack County2
- Madison County2
- Goliad County2
- Mitchell County2
- Culberson County2
- Aransas County2
- La Salle County2
- Hemphill County2
- Sherman County2
- Mills County1
- San Saba County1
- Sutton County1
- Kimble County1
- Starr County1
- Zapata County1
- Lampasas County1
- Jeff Davis County1
- Presidio County1
- Childress County1
- El Paso County1
- Hudspeth County1
- Fayette County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Wheeler County1
- Kenedy County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.