Weather alerts in Texas, 2019

12,237 weather alerts in 2019, 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 12,237
Warnings: 4,542
Watches: 373
Advisories: 2,285
Busiest month: May3,334 alerts
Busiest day: May 8, 2019312 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

12,237 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	2,651
Tornado Warning	428
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	101
Tornado Watch	39
Mesoscale Discussion	411
Special Weather Statement	4,524
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	101
Flash Flood Warning	280
River Flood Warning	569
Flash Flood Watch	50
Flood Watch	22
Areal Flood Advisory	1,075
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	4
Winter Storm Watch	4
Winter Weather Advisory	42
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	11
Excessive Heat Watch	5
Heat Advisory	164
Cold
Freeze Warning	43
Hard Freeze Warning	9
Freeze Watch	17
Hard Freeze Watch	2
Frost Advisory	5
Wind Chill Advisory	13
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	2
Dust Storm Warning	5
High Wind Warning	77
High Wind Watch	60
Blowing Dust Advisory	5
Dust Storm Advisory	13
Lake Wind Advisory	46
Wind Advisory	184
Fire
Red Flag Warning	60
Fire Weather Watch	43
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	277
Freezing Fog Advisory	9
Tropical
Tropical Storm Warning	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	4
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	70
High Surf Advisory	2
Beach Hazards Statement	12
Coastal Flood Statement	40
Rip Current Statement	50
Marine
Gale Warning	33
Special Marine Warning	264
Gale Watch	29
Low Water Advisory	7
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	91
Small Craft Advisory	226
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	4
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	52

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 2018 2020

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.