Weather alerts in Texas, 1996
2,694 weather alerts in 1996, 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,694
- Warnings
- 2,694
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June567 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 30, 199696 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,694 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 | 2,002 |
| Tornado Warning | 237 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 455 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pecos County51
- Dallas County45
- Harris County45
- Tom Green County37
- Tarrant County33
- Collin County31
- Jones County31
- Taylor County31
- Brewster County31
- Denton County29
- Harrison County29
- Callahan County29
- McLennan County28
- Gaines County28
- Montgomery County26
- Grayson County26
- Coryell County25
- Navarro County25
- Lamar County25
- Cooke County24
- Ellis County24
- Shackelford County24
- Liberty County24
- Bell County24
- Throckmorton County23
- Upton County23
- Reagan County23
- Lubbock County23
- Hunt County22
- Galveston County22
- Archer County22
- Parker County21
- Red River County21
- Polk County21
- Bosque County21
- Wichita County21
- Terrell County21
- Hutchinson County21
- Hill County20
- Hopkins County20
212 more counties
- Houston County20
- Hardeman County20
- Montague County20
- Young County20
- Coleman County20
- Palo Pinto County20
- Kimble County20
- Potter County20
- Hamilton County19
- Johnson County19
- Irion County19
- Carson County19
- Marion County18
- Panola County18
- San Jacinto County18
- Wilbarger County18
- Wise County18
- Fannin County18
- Baylor County18
- Wharton County18
- Clay County18
- Runnels County18
- Knox County18
- Erath County17
- Burnet County17
- Bowie County17
- Stephens County17
- Nolan County17
- Eastland County17
- Brown County17
- Randall County17
- Henderson County16
- Cass County16
- Smith County16
- Foard County16
- Falls County16
- Real County16
- Haskell County16
- Glasscock County16
- Coke County16
- Travis County16
- Gray County16
- King County16
- Van Zandt County15
- Rusk County15
- Shelby County15
- Edwards County15
- Howard County15
- Motley County15
- Lynn County15
- Moore County15
- Oldham County15
- Comanche County15
- Williamson County15
- Somervell County14
- Kaufman County14
- Chambers County14
- Jack County14
- Limestone County14
- Sterling County14
- Brazoria County14
- Fisher County14
- Martin County14
- Ochiltree County14
- Garza County14
- Andrews County14
- Wood County13
- Delta County13
- Titus County13
- Kerr County13
- Schleicher County13
- Milam County13
- Crane County13
- Ward County13
- Reeves County13
- Hansford County13
- Webb County12
- Victoria County12
- Colorado County12
- Trinity County12
- Mitchell County12
- Val Verde County12
- Lampasas County12
- Hall County12
- Presidio County12
- Wheeler County12
- Midland County12
- Crockett County12
- Fort Bend County12
- Hale County12
- Dickens County12
- Zapata County12
- Donley County12
- Lavaca County12
- Hood County11
- Gregg County11
- Nacogdoches County11
- Rockwall County11
- Nueces County11
- Jackson County11
- Matagorda County11
- Gonzales County11
- Bandera County11
- Hardin County11
- Bee County11
- Childress County11
- Hartley County11
- Swisher County11
- Yoakum County11
- Jeff Davis County11
- El Paso County11
- Anderson County10
- Cherokee County10
- Uvalde County10
- Austin County10
- Comal County10
- Gillespie County10
- Medina County10
- Scurry County10
- Borden County10
- Lipscomb County10
- Terry County10
- Armstrong County10
- Cameron County10
- Rains County9
- Franklin County9
- Upshur County9
- San Saba County9
- Waller County9
- Walker County9
- Jasper County9
- Bexar County9
- Hemphill County9
- Winkler County9
- Floyd County9
- McCulloch County9
- Hockley County9
- Kinney County9
- Culberson County9
- Morris County8
- Jefferson County8
- Angelina County8
- Llano County8
- Freestone County8
- Grimes County8
- Fayette County8
- Guadalupe County8
- Concho County8
- Brazos County8
- Tyler County8
- Frio County8
- Hays County8
- Roberts County8
- Crosby County8
- Menard County8
- Sutton County8
- Kent County8
- Cochran County8
- Lamb County8
- Burleson County8
- Washington County8
- Mills County7
- Robertson County7
- Madison County7
- Zavala County7
- Goliad County7
- Dawson County7
- Sherman County7
- Deaf Smith County7
- Dallam County7
- Ector County7
- Jim Wells County7
- Orange County6
- Leon County6
- San Patricio County6
- Kleberg County6
- Camp County6
- DeWitt County6
- Parmer County6
- Castro County6
- Atascosa County6
- Newton County5
- Blanco County5
- Caldwell County5
- Live Oak County5
- Willacy County5
- Briscoe County5
- Bailey County5
- Mason County5
- Collingsworth County5
- Lee County5
- Starr County5
- Sabine County4
- Kendall County4
- Wilson County4
- Cottle County4
- Bastrop County4
- Jim Hogg County4
- Maverick County3
- Refugio County3
- Hidalgo County3
- Loving County3
- San Augustine County3
- Brooks County3
- Kenedy County2
- Dimmit County2
- Stonewall County2
- La Salle County2
- Hudspeth County1
- Calhoun County1
- Duval County1
- Karnes 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.