Fire Weather Watches in Texas
2,768 fire weather watches 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 2,768
- Busiest year
- 2011377 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 132over 21 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.
- Oldham County386
- Deaf Smith County384
- Hartley County369
- Dallam County367
- Potter County360
- Randall County359
- Bailey County354
- Cochran County349
- Lamb County348
- Hockley County343
- Yoakum County339
- Parmer County336
- Castro County332
- Moore County329
- Terry County328
- Lubbock County321
- Hale County320
- Swisher County315
- Sherman County311
- Armstrong County310
- Loving County310
- El Paso County306
- Lynn County305
- Carson County303
- Hudspeth County288
- Hutchinson County283
- Floyd County281
- Briscoe County275
- Gaines County275
- Winkler County271
- Hansford County269
- Crosby County268
- Andrews County259
- Hardeman County258
- Ward County258
- Foard County253
- Garza County249
- Knox County244
- Wilbarger County235
- Donley County230
214 more counties
- Gray County229
- Baylor County226
- Dawson County226
- Ochiltree County220
- Motley County219
- Pecos County218
- Dickens County217
- Ector County217
- Roberts County217
- Hall County210
- Martin County209
- Midland County209
- Collingsworth County202
- Lipscomb County199
- Wheeler County198
- Crane County196
- Borden County195
- Hemphill County194
- Kent County190
- Howard County189
- Childress County181
- Upton County180
- King County179
- Cottle County178
- Glasscock County175
- Scurry County172
- Wichita County166
- Stonewall County165
- Mitchell County164
- Archer County163
- Nolan County161
- Fisher County159
- Reagan County159
- Starr County157
- Brooks County154
- Hidalgo County154
- Jim Hogg County153
- Jones County150
- Culberson County150
- Haskell County149
- Sterling County148
- Zapata County148
- Coke County145
- Taylor County142
- Irion County134
- Kenedy County132
- Tom Green County131
- Willacy County129
- Cameron County128
- Clay County125
- Throckmorton County124
- Runnels County122
- Shackelford County120
- Callahan County115
- Crockett County113
- Val Verde County113
- Kinney County112
- Reeves County109
- Terrell County108
- Brewster County104
- Edwards County103
- Jeff Davis County103
- Maverick County102
- Uvalde County102
- Webb County101
- Zavala County98
- Presidio County98
- La Salle County97
- Concho County96
- Dimmit County96
- Duval County95
- Real County94
- Schleicher County92
- Jim Wells County91
- McMullen County91
- Live Oak County87
- Coleman County86
- Frio County85
- Kleberg County85
- Nueces County85
- Kerr County82
- Bandera County80
- Medina County80
- San Patricio County77
- Sutton County77
- Eastland County75
- Young County75
- Stephens County74
- Bee County73
- Jack County73
- Palo Pinto County73
- Gillespie County71
- Llano County71
- Comanche County70
- Erath County69
- Refugio County69
- Atascosa County68
- Brown County68
- Goliad County66
- Kendall County66
- Blanco County65
- Victoria County65
- Mills County64
- Bexar County63
- Aransas County62
- Burnet County62
- Calhoun County62
- Hamilton County60
- Comal County59
- McCulloch County59
- Menard County59
- Montague County59
- Hays County56
- Wise County56
- Hood County55
- Parker County55
- Travis County55
- Washington County55
- Burleson County54
- Williamson County54
- Austin County53
- Brazos County53
- Colorado County53
- Grimes County52
- Jackson County52
- Madison County52
- Somervell County52
- Kimble County51
- Waller County51
- Guadalupe County50
- Lampasas County50
- Wharton County48
- Wilson County48
- Caldwell County47
- Walker County47
- Bosque County46
- San Saba County45
- Bastrop County44
- Mason County44
- Montgomery County44
- Coryell County44
- Fort Bend County43
- Cooke County42
- Gonzales County42
- Matagorda County42
- Karnes County41
- Harris County40
- Houston County40
- DeWitt County39
- Lee County39
- Tarrant County39
- Trinity County39
- Johnson County38
- San Jacinto County38
- Denton County37
- Fayette County37
- Lavaca County37
- Polk County37
- McLennan County37
- Brazoria County36
- Bell County36
- Hill County34
- Galveston County33
- Liberty County31
- Chambers County29
- Ellis County29
- Dallas County28
- Falls County28
- Milam County27
- Grayson County25
- Collin County24
- Limestone County22
- Navarro County22
- Robertson County21
- Rockwall County19
- Leon County18
- Freestone County17
- Fannin County15
- Kaufman County15
- Delta County14
- Hunt County14
- Lamar County14
- Anderson County14
- Henderson County14
- Van Zandt County14
- Hopkins County13
- Rains County12
- Cherokee County9
- Gregg County9
- Harrison County9
- Nacogdoches County9
- Panola County9
- Rusk County9
- Shelby County9
- Smith County9
- Jasper County9
- Newton County9
- Marion County8
- Upshur County8
- Wood County8
- Hardin County8
- Tyler County8
- Camp County7
- Cass County7
- Franklin County7
- Morris County7
- Titus County7
- Bowie County6
- Red River County6
- Orange County6
- Angelina County5
- Sabine County5
- San Augustine County5
- Jefferson County5
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 3:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb and 3 more | 10 hr |
| May 17, 12:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 13 hr |
| May 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 13 hr |
| May 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 25 hr |
| May 16, 12:08 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 23 hr |
| May 16, 11:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson, Dawson, Gaines | 26 hr |
| May 16, 12:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 11 hr |
| May 15, 1:56 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 8 more | 10 hr |
| May 15, 11:24 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 25 hr |
| May 15, 11:14 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 11 hr |
| May 14, 1:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 11 hr |
| May 13, 12:21 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Hale, Lamb, Parmer and 1 more | 12 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.