Weather alerts in Texas, 2022

9,798 weather alerts in 2022, 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 9,798
Warnings: 3,189
Watches: 521
Advisories: 2,174
Busiest month: May1,892 alerts
Busiest day: May 24, 2022274 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

9,798 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	1,634
Tornado Warning	258
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	66
Tornado Watch	34
Mesoscale Discussion	297
Special Weather Statement	3,455
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	28
Flash Flood Warning	291
River Flood Warning	143
Flood Watch	44
Areal Flood Advisory	1,003
River Flood Advisory	5
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Winter Storm Warning	16
Winter Storm Watch	16
Winter Weather Advisory	57
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	29
Excessive Heat Watch	5
Heat Advisory	198
Cold
Freeze Warning	66
Hard Freeze Warning	29
Wind Chill Warning	11
Freeze Watch	24
Hard Freeze Watch	10
Wind Chill Watch	15
Frost Advisory	8
Wind Chill Advisory	39
Wind and dust
Dust Storm Warning	3
High Wind Warning	76
High Wind Watch	57
Blowing Dust Advisory	8
Dust Storm Advisory	31
Wind Advisory	244
Fire
Red Flag Warning	284
Fire Weather Watch	214
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	156
Freezing Fog Advisory	10
Tropical
Tropical Storm Warning	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	37
High Surf Advisory	10
Beach Hazards Statement	6
Coastal Flood Statement	28
Rip Current Statement	128
Marine
Gale Warning	47
Special Marine Warning	269
Gale Watch	36
Low Water Advisory	14
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	91
Small Craft Advisory	263

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 2021 2023

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.