Weather alerts in Texas, 2017

11,713 weather alerts in 2017, 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 11,713
Warnings: 4,184
Watches: 342
Advisories: 2,501
Busiest month: May1,970 alerts
Busiest day: April 2, 2017279 alerts

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By month

The alerts

11,713 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
Extreme Wind Warning	3
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	2,219
Tornado Warning	457
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	67
Tornado Watch	38
Mesoscale Discussion	340
Special Weather Statement	4,277
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	66
Flash Flood Warning	394
River Flood Warning	446
Flash Flood Watch	59
Flood Watch	6
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	1,443
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Ice Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	7
Winter Storm Watch	5
Freezing Rain Advisory	6
Winter Weather Advisory	43
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	5
Heat Advisory	74
Cold
Freeze Warning	29
Hard Freeze Warning	13
Wind Chill Warning	1
Freeze Watch	14
Hard Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	7
Wind Chill Advisory	14
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	60
High Wind Watch	41
Blowing Dust Advisory	7
Lake Wind Advisory	54
Wind Advisory	188
Fire
Red Flag Warning	122
Fire Weather Watch	88
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	178
Dense Smoke Advisory	1
Freezing Fog Advisory	9
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	4
Storm Surge Warning	3
Tropical Storm Warning	7
Hurricane Watch	3
Storm Surge Watch	4
Tropical Storm Watch	5
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	4
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	46
High Surf Advisory	7
Beach Hazards Statement	14
Coastal Flood Statement	13
Rip Current Statement	42
Marine
Gale Warning	21
Special Marine Warning	321
Gale Watch	9
Low Water Advisory	7
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	58
Small Craft Advisory	270
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	13
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	76

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 2016 2018

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.