Weather alerts in Texas, 2021

12,034 weather alerts in 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 12,034
Warnings: 3,984
Watches: 432
Advisories: 2,947
Busiest month: May3,307 alerts
Busiest day: May 18, 2021346 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

12,034 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	1,995
Tornado Warning	238
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	89
Tornado Watch	36
Mesoscale Discussion	410
Special Weather Statement	4,082
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	96
Flash Flood Warning	470
River Flood Warning	484
Flash Flood Watch	60
Flood Watch	19
River Flood Watch	3
Areal Flood Advisory	1,812
River Flood Advisory	9
Winter
Blizzard Warning	2
Winter Storm Warning	34
Winter Storm Watch	26
Winter Weather Advisory	52
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	5
Excessive Heat Watch	3
Heat Advisory	88
Cold
Freeze Warning	46
Hard Freeze Warning	22
Wind Chill Warning	13
Freeze Watch	16
Hard Freeze Watch	3
Wind Chill Watch	4
Frost Advisory	5
Wind Chill Advisory	18
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	1
Dust Storm Warning	13
High Wind Warning	67
High Wind Watch	58
Blowing Dust Advisory	5
Dust Storm Advisory	9
Lake Wind Advisory	36
Wind Advisory	196
Fire
Red Flag Warning	107
Fire Weather Watch	86
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	225
Freezing Fog Advisory	20
Tropical
Hurricane Warning	1
Storm Surge Warning	3
Tropical Storm Warning	4
Hurricane Watch	2
Storm Surge Watch	4
Tropical Storm Watch	4
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	4
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	81
High Surf Advisory	3
Beach Hazards Statement	12
Coastal Flood Statement	28
Rip Current Statement	139
Marine
Gale Warning	21
Special Marine Warning	358
Gale Watch	18
Low Water Advisory	16
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	117
Small Craft Advisory	255

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 2020 2022

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.