Areal Flood Warnings in Texas
1,486 areal flood warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of areal flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 1,486
- Busiest year
- 2015298 areal flood warnings
- Average year
- 78over 19 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harris County93
- Orange County71
- Montgomery County69
- Jasper County67
- Hardin County61
- Waller County57
- Newton County54
- Liberty County53
- Galveston County52
- Brazoria County50
- Dallas County46
- Chambers County45
- Hidalgo County40
- Grimes County40
- Cameron County39
- Fort Bend County39
- Jefferson County36
- Ellis County35
- Johnson County35
- Kaufman County35
- Nueces County35
- Aransas County33
- San Jacinto County33
- Walker County33
- Collin County32
- Tarrant County32
- Bell County32
- Willacy County30
- Grayson County30
- Lubbock County29
- San Patricio County29
- Austin County29
- Colorado County29
- McLennan County28
- Limestone County27
- Coryell County27
- Denton County27
- Polk County27
- Navarro County26
- Refugio County26
203 more counties
- Tyler County26
- Panola County25
- Henderson County25
- Washington County25
- Clay County24
- Freestone County24
- Lynn County24
- Reeves County24
- Harrison County23
- Brazos County23
- Presidio County22
- Wichita County22
- Shelby County22
- Cooke County21
- Jim Wells County21
- Wharton County21
- Fannin County20
- Rusk County20
- Trinity County20
- Palo Pinto County19
- Bosque County19
- Falls County19
- Nacogdoches County19
- Wilbarger County19
- Rockwall County19
- Brewster County18
- Hill County18
- Van Zandt County18
- Hood County18
- Wise County18
- Loving County18
- Ward County18
- Matagorda County18
- Tom Green County18
- Erath County17
- Hockley County17
- Randall County17
- Robertson County17
- Hunt County17
- Potter County17
- Baylor County17
- Calhoun County17
- Smith County17
- Cass County17
- Menard County17
- Leon County16
- Anderson County16
- Milam County16
- Foard County16
- Kimble County16
- Bowie County16
- Schleicher County16
- Jack County15
- Hale County15
- Gregg County15
- Knox County15
- Terry County15
- Houston County15
- Somervell County15
- Burleson County15
- Sutton County15
- Archer County14
- Garza County14
- Hardeman County14
- Kleberg County14
- Montague County13
- Marion County13
- Stephens County13
- Cherokee County13
- Floyd County12
- Lampasas County12
- Parker County12
- Concho County12
- Jackson County12
- Madison County12
- Comanche County11
- Hamilton County11
- Hopkins County11
- Angelina County11
- San Augustine County11
- Lamar County11
- Culberson County11
- Crosby County10
- Rains County10
- Swisher County10
- Mills County10
- Upshur County10
- Victoria County10
- Midland County10
- Red River County10
- Duval County9
- Hall County9
- Motley County9
- Wood County9
- Yoakum County9
- Sabine County9
- Deaf Smith County8
- Eastland County8
- Webb County8
- Haskell County8
- Live Oak County8
- Young County8
- Uvalde County8
- Pecos County8
- Scurry County8
- Mason County8
- Borden County7
- Bee County7
- Briscoe County7
- Bandera County7
- Moore County7
- Real County7
- Ector County7
- Lamb County7
- Parmer County7
- McCulloch County7
- Carson County6
- Dickens County6
- Lipscomb County6
- Ochiltree County6
- Roberts County6
- Delta County6
- Bailey County6
- Brooks County6
- Childress County6
- Cottle County6
- Jones County6
- Runnels County6
- Kent County5
- Hutchinson County5
- McMullen County5
- Donley County5
- Goliad County5
- Oldham County5
- Castro County5
- Cochran County5
- Caldwell County5
- Hays County5
- Titus County5
- Coleman County5
- Dawson County5
- Irion County5
- Hemphill County5
- Hansford County4
- Throckmorton County4
- Winkler County4
- Camp County4
- Franklin County4
- Morris County4
- Gaines County4
- El Paso County4
- Howard County4
- Mitchell County4
- Coke County4
- Glasscock County4
- Taylor County4
- Crockett County4
- San Saba County4
- Shackelford County3
- Collingsworth County3
- Kerr County3
- La Salle County3
- Crane County3
- Travis County3
- Kinney County3
- Sherman County3
- Edwards County3
- Wheeler County3
- Gray County3
- Kenedy County2
- DeWitt County2
- Guadalupe County2
- Hartley County2
- Wilson County2
- Zavala County2
- Andrews County2
- Bastrop County2
- King County2
- Terrell County2
- Fisher County2
- Maverick County2
- Reagan County2
- Armstrong County2
- Starr County1
- Gillespie County1
- Medina County1
- Upton County1
- Brown County1
- Kendall County1
- Nolan County1
- Callahan County1
- Dimmit County1
- Martin County1
- Bexar County1
- Williamson County1
- Dallam County1
- Fayette County1
- Gonzales County1
- Karnes County1
- Lavaca County1
- Lee County1
- Comal County1
- Jeff Davis County1
The latest areal flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Fannin, Grayson | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 27 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 4 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Limestone | 111 min |
| Sep 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Polk, Trinity | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson, Tyler | 9 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 8 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 6 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 13 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 13 hr |
| Sep 2, 1:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | Liberty | 3 hr |
Nearby
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.