Weather alerts in Texas, 2018

10,313 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 10,313
Warnings: 3,486
Watches: 406
Advisories: 2,451
Busiest month: May1,472 alerts
Busiest day: October 9, 2018193 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

10,313 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	1,478
Tornado Warning	180
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	52
Tornado Watch	22
Mesoscale Discussion	301
Special Weather Statement	3,594
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	123
Flash Flood Warning	415
River Flood Warning	757
Flash Flood Watch	63
Flood Watch	16
Areal Flood Advisory	1,495
Winter
Ice Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Warning	8
Winter Storm Watch	14
Winter Weather Advisory	60
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	8
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	72
Cold
Freeze Warning	57
Hard Freeze Warning	20
Wind Chill Warning	2
Freeze Watch	22
Hard Freeze Watch	4
Frost Advisory	5
Wind Chill Advisory	18
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	54
High Wind Watch	39
Blowing Dust Advisory	5
Dust Storm Advisory	1
Lake Wind Advisory	42
Wind Advisory	173
Fire
Red Flag Warning	172
Fire Weather Watch	151
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	171
Freezing Fog Advisory	6
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	2
Coastal Flood Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	30
High Surf Advisory	3
Beach Hazards Statement	10
Coastal Flood Statement	10
Rip Current Statement	55
Marine
Gale Warning	25
Special Marine Warning	182
Gale Watch	20
Low Water Advisory	13
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	76
Small Craft Advisory	223
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	10
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	48

By county

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

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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2017 2019

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.