Alert archive / Texas / 2018
Weather alerts in Texas, May 2018
1,472 weather alerts in May 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 May 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 1,472
- Warnings
- 575
- Watches
- 35
- Advisories
- 160
- Busiest day
- May 20, 2018154 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
1,472 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 | 479 |
| Tornado Warning | 25 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 16 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 71 |
| Special Weather Statement | 627 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 7 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 27 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 131 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 26 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 17 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Rip Current Statement | 4 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 7 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 9 |
| Small Craft Advisory for Winds | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lipscomb County73
- Hardeman County72
- Wheeler County67
- Hemphill County66
- Ochiltree County65
- Foard County61
- Wilbarger County57
- Gray County56
- Roberts County55
- Crosby County50
- Hansford County50
- Donley County49
- Hutchinson County49
- Wichita County49
- Motley County48
- Moore County48
- Knox County48
- Collingsworth County47
- Sherman County47
- Childress County46
- Dallam County45
- Hall County44
- Cottle County43
- Hartley County43
- Dickens County41
- Baylor County41
- Jeff Davis County41
- Lubbock County40
- Floyd County39
- Carson County38
- Garza County37
- Potter County37
- Brewster County37
- Hale County35
- King County35
- Lynn County33
- Pecos County33
- Tom Green County33
- Briscoe County32
- Terry County31
212 more counties
- Oldham County31
- Deaf Smith County30
- Kent County29
- Swisher County29
- Randall County29
- Crockett County28
- Reeves County28
- Culberson County28
- Armstrong County27
- Archer County27
- Clay County27
- Lamb County26
- Schleicher County26
- Sutton County26
- Shackelford County26
- Hockley County25
- Castro County25
- Jones County25
- Throckmorton County25
- Scurry County24
- Val Verde County24
- Coke County23
- Irion County23
- Stonewall County23
- McCulloch County22
- Young County22
- Mitchell County21
- Parmer County21
- Edwards County21
- Nolan County20
- Haskell County20
- Palo Pinto County20
- Borden County19
- Howard County19
- Reagan County19
- Kimble County19
- Andrews County18
- Bailey County18
- Menard County18
- Terrell County18
- Fisher County18
- Taylor County18
- Mason County18
- Uvalde County18
- Gaines County17
- Glasscock County17
- Yoakum County17
- Loving County17
- Ward County17
- Concho County17
- Sterling County17
- Eastland County17
- Montague County17
- Erath County17
- Harris County17
- Ector County16
- Winkler County16
- Brown County16
- Stephens County16
- Kinney County16
- Cochran County15
- Runnels County15
- Coleman County15
- Jack County15
- San Saba County15
- Martin County14
- Real County14
- Grayson County14
- Dawson County13
- El Paso County13
- Hamilton County13
- Burnet County13
- Gillespie County13
- Medina County13
- Brazoria County12
- Bandera County12
- Bexar County12
- Dimmit County12
- Kerr County12
- Hays County12
- Travis County12
- Wise County11
- Cooke County11
- Maverick County11
- Blanco County11
- Duval County11
- Midland County10
- Callahan County10
- Comanche County10
- Lampasas County10
- Collin County10
- Ellis County10
- Williamson County10
- Kendall County10
- Comal County10
- Montgomery County10
- Upton County9
- Red River County9
- Denton County9
- Coryell County9
- Johnson County9
- Mills County9
- Somervell County9
- Fannin County9
- Llano County9
- Zavala County9
- Atascosa County9
- Jim Wells County9
- Crane County8
- Hudspeth County8
- Camp County8
- Franklin County8
- Titus County8
- Tarrant County8
- Hopkins County8
- Lamar County8
- Frio County8
- Live Oak County8
- Chambers County8
- Bowie County7
- Cass County7
- Morris County7
- Panola County7
- San Augustine County7
- Smith County7
- Wood County7
- Parker County7
- Bosque County7
- Hood County7
- Dallas County7
- Hunt County7
- Kaufman County7
- Rockwall County7
- Jim Hogg County7
- Starr County7
- Jefferson County7
- Presidio County7
- Hardin County7
- Orange County7
- Gregg County6
- Upshur County6
- Galveston County6
- Navarro County6
- Webb County6
- Wilson County6
- Zapata County6
- Austin County6
- Fort Bend County6
- Waller County6
- Liberty County6
- Jasper County6
- Harrison County5
- Bell County5
- Delta County5
- Rains County5
- La Salle County5
- McMullen County5
- Brooks County5
- Tyler County5
- Kleberg County4
- Nueces County4
- Cherokee County4
- Marion County4
- Rusk County4
- Matagorda County4
- Hill County4
- McLennan County4
- Guadalupe County4
- DeWitt County4
- Gonzales County4
- Karnes County4
- Colorado County4
- Madison County4
- Washington County4
- Angelina County3
- Nacogdoches County3
- Shelby County3
- Falls County3
- Freestone County3
- Caldwell County3
- Bee County3
- Goliad County3
- Bastrop County3
- Milam County3
- Brazos County3
- Houston County3
- Fayette County3
- Lavaca County3
- Henderson County2
- Limestone County2
- Van Zandt County2
- Lee County2
- Robertson County2
- Jackson County2
- Wharton County2
- Walker County2
- Grimes County2
- Polk County2
- Newton County2
- Trinity County2
- Aransas County1
- Calhoun County1
- San Patricio County1
- Cameron County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Kenedy County1
- Willacy County1
- Leon County1
- Burleson County1
- Victoria County1
- Anderson County1
- Sabine County1
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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.