Weather alerts in Texas, 2023

13,259 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 13,259
Warnings: 4,959
Watches: 438
Advisories: 2,433
Busiest month: May2,824 alerts
Busiest day: June 4, 2023243 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

13,259 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	3,176
Tornado Warning	249
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	133
Tornado Watch	39
Mesoscale Discussion	517
Special Weather Statement	4,749
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	52
Flash Flood Warning	367
River Flood Warning	264
Flood Watch	41
River Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	1,067
River Flood Advisory	28
Winter
Ice Storm Warning	5
Winter Storm Warning	13
Winter Storm Watch	9
Winter Weather Advisory	36
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	209
Excessive Heat Watch	22
Heat Advisory	489
Cold
Freeze Warning	41
Freeze Watch	17
Frost Advisory	7
Wind Chill Advisory	5
Wind and dust
Blowing Dust Warning	5
Dust Storm Warning	19
High Wind Warning	65
High Wind Watch	47
Blowing Dust Advisory	14
Dust Storm Advisory	21
Wind Advisory	201
Fire
Red Flag Warning	201
Fire Weather Watch	107
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	156
Freezing Fog Advisory	4
Tropical
Tropical Storm Warning	3
Tropical Storm Watch	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	3
Coastal Flood Advisory	73
High Surf Advisory	9
Beach Hazards Statement	4
Coastal Flood Statement	33
Rip Current Statement	126
Marine
Gale Warning	28
Special Marine Warning	259
Gale Watch	21
Low Water Advisory	9
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	81
Small Craft Advisory	233

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 2022 2024

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.