Weather alerts in Texas, 2013

8,274 weather alerts in 2013, 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 8,274
Warnings: 2,763
Watches: 376
Advisories: 1,821
Busiest month: May1,679 alerts
Busiest day: May 10, 2013236 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

8,274 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	1,644
Tornado Warning	137
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	80
Tornado Watch	23
Mesoscale Discussion	384
Special Weather Statement	2,898
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	30
Flash Flood Warning	246
River Flood Warning	175
Flash Flood Watch	55
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	921
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Ice Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Warning	21
Winter Storm Watch	23
Freezing Rain Advisory	4
Winter Weather Advisory	70
Heat
Heat Advisory	18
Cold
Freeze Warning	76
Hard Freeze Warning	11
Freeze Watch	29
Hard Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	15
Wind Chill Advisory	8
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	3
High Wind Warning	62
High Wind Watch	35
Blowing Dust Advisory	13
Lake Wind Advisory	47
Wind Advisory	171
Fire
Red Flag Warning	148
Fire Weather Watch	108
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	135
Freezing Fog Advisory	15
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
High Surf Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	20
High Surf Advisory	3
Coastal Flood Statement	13
Rip Current Statement	19
Marine
Gale Warning	26
Special Marine Warning	176
Gale Watch	20
Low Water Advisory	7
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	32
Marine Dense Smoke Advisory	1
Small Craft Advisory	246
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	7
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	88

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

214 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2012 2014

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.