Weather alerts in Texas, 2020

9,739 weather alerts in 2020, 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 9,739
Warnings: 3,247
Watches: 328
Advisories: 2,020
Busiest month: May2,304 alerts
Busiest day: May 16, 2020268 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

9,739 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	1,875
Tornado Warning	218
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	80
Tornado Watch	28
Mesoscale Discussion	347
Special Weather Statement	3,665
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	47
Flash Flood Warning	226
River Flood Warning	327
Flash Flood Watch	36
Flood Watch	4
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	895
River Flood Advisory	3
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Ice Storm Warning	4
Winter Storm Warning	18
Winter Storm Watch	20
Winter Weather Advisory	56
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	27
Excessive Heat Watch	2
Heat Advisory	169
Cold
Freeze Warning	33
Hard Freeze Warning	1
Freeze Watch	14
Frost Advisory	7
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	3
High Wind Warning	64
High Wind Watch	35
Blowing Dust Advisory	2
Dust Storm Advisory	13
Lake Wind Advisory	28
Wind Advisory	171
Fire
Red Flag Warning	92
Fire Weather Watch	60
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	213
Freezing Fog Advisory	6
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	7
Storm Surge Warning	9
Tropical Storm Warning	13
Hurricane Watch	6
Storm Surge Watch	7
Tropical Storm Watch	12
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	13
High Surf Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	7
Coastal Flood Advisory	109
High Surf Advisory	7
Beach Hazards Statement	11
Coastal Flood Statement	30
Rip Current Statement	91
Marine
Gale Warning	19
Special Marine Warning	246
Gale Watch	16
Low Water Advisory	9
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	89
Small Craft Advisory	243

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 2019 2021

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.