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Fire Weather Watches in Texas, 2023
107 fire weather watches in 2023. 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 in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
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- April 1, 202311 fire weather watches
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The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2:26 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:36 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:46 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 17 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:58 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:23 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Coke, Crockett, Fisher, Haskell, Irion, Jones and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:05 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 17 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:25 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:02 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:07 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Glasscock, Howard and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:51 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:52 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:25 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 17, 8:50 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | FWD | Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Jack, Lampasas and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:27 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:05 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, McMullen, Nueces and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:01 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:18 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kinney, Maverick and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:36 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:06 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:22 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:45 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 15 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:37 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Bandera, Edwards, Frio, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:25 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:38 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 7:03 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Coke, Concho, Crockett, Fisher, Haskell, Irion and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:35 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 13 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:36 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:34 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle and 6 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:39 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:44 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 8 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:02 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 14 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:12 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 16 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:14 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:37 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 28, 4:37 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 11 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:12 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:24 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:09 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:41 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hansford and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:24 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson, Gaines | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:08 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:53 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 21 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:55 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 21, 11:01 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 21, 1:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 15 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:08 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:13 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 8:53 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 18 hr |
| Mar 23, 1:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 15 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:11 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 17 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:26 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Hartley and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:12 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:05 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 32 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 24 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Floyd, Hale and 8 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:26 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:11 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:36 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:36 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:36 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:54 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:54 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:58 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Nolan, Throckmorton | 14 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Coke, Crockett, Fisher, Haskell, Irion, Jones and 8 more | 27 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Dallam | 31 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:47 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 1:55 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger | 12 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:11 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:43 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:03 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 23 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:08 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Culberson, Dawson, Gaines, Howard and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:41 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 18, 2:57 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Knox | 12 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:59 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 23 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso | 22 hr |
| May 4, 1:48 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 5 hr |
| May 9, 3:58 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 24 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:50 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 22 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 13 hr |
| Jul 31, 3:27 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:55 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Polk and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes and 13 more | 30 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:34 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:11 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Houston and 8 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:32 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Houston, Madison, Montgomery and 5 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:18 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Jackson, Matagorda | 30 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:27 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 12 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:41 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 6 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:20 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 24 hr |
| Sep 28, 11:20 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Orange | 52 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:16 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 13 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bailey County20
- Cochran County20
- Hale County20
- Hockley County20
- Lamb County20
- Lubbock County20
- Lynn County20
- Terry County20
- Yoakum County20
- Deaf Smith County19
- Randall County19
- Armstrong County18
- Dallam County18
- Oldham County18
- Potter County18
- Castro County18
- Floyd County18
- Parmer County18
- Swisher County18
- Carson County17
- Hartley County17
- Moore County17
- Culberson County17
- Briscoe County17
- Crosby County17
- Garza County17
- Hansford County16
- Hutchinson County16
- Motley County16
- Sherman County15
- Dickens County15
- Hall County15
- Donley County14
- Gray County14
- Hemphill County14
- Ochiltree County14
- Roberts County14
- Childress County14
- Cottle County14
- Lipscomb County13
158 more counties
- Wheeler County13
- Gaines County13
- Kent County13
- King County13
- Collingsworth County12
- Andrews County12
- Borden County12
- Dawson County12
- Ector County12
- Howard County12
- Loving County12
- Martin County12
- Winkler County12
- Stonewall County12
- Brewster County11
- Jeff Davis County11
- Midland County11
- Pecos County11
- Presidio County11
- Reeves County11
- Crane County10
- Glasscock County10
- Scurry County10
- Foard County9
- Hardeman County9
- Knox County9
- Mitchell County9
- Ward County9
- Baylor County8
- Wilbarger County8
- Reagan County8
- Upton County8
- Fisher County8
- Jones County8
- Nolan County8
- Terrell County8
- Archer County7
- Wichita County7
- Coke County7
- Crockett County7
- Haskell County7
- Irion County7
- Sterling County7
- Taylor County7
- Tom Green County7
- El Paso County7
- Runnels County6
- Shackelford County6
- Throckmorton County6
- Schleicher County6
- Hudspeth County6
- Edwards County5
- Kinney County5
- Medina County5
- Real County5
- Uvalde County5
- Val Verde County5
- Concho County5
- Sutton County5
- Brazos County5
- Burleson County5
- Grimes County5
- Houston County5
- Madison County5
- Polk County5
- San Jacinto County5
- Trinity County5
- Walker County5
- Washington County5
- Bandera County4
- Kerr County4
- Callahan County4
- Coleman County4
- Kimble County4
- Menard County4
- Jim Hogg County4
- Starr County4
- Zapata County4
- Frio County4
- Maverick County4
- Zavala County4
- Montgomery County4
- Clay County3
- Brown County3
- McCulloch County3
- Mason County3
- Brooks County3
- Hidalgo County3
- Kenedy County3
- Willacy County3
- Duval County3
- Jim Wells County3
- Kleberg County3
- La Salle County3
- McMullen County3
- Nueces County3
- San Patricio County3
- Webb County3
- Atascosa County3
- Dimmit County3
- Austin County3
- Colorado County3
- Waller County3
- Blanco County2
- Burnet County2
- Gillespie County2
- Kendall County2
- Llano County2
- San Saba County2
- Cameron County2
- Aransas County2
- Bee County2
- Live Oak County2
- Refugio County2
- Bexar County2
- Jackson County2
- Jasper County2
- Newton County2
- Comanche County1
- Eastland County1
- Erath County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jack County1
- Lampasas County1
- Mills County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Stephens County1
- Young County1
- Calhoun County1
- Goliad County1
- Victoria County1
- Comal County1
- Hays County1
- Travis County1
- Williamson County1
- Fort Bend County1
- Harris County1
- Liberty County1
- Wharton County1
- Brazoria County1
- Chambers County1
- Galveston County1
- Matagorda County1
- Angelina County1
- Cherokee County1
- Gregg County1
- Harrison County1
- Marion County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Panola County1
- Rusk County1
- Sabine County1
- San Augustine County1
- Shelby County1
- Smith County1
- Upshur County1
- Wood County1
- Orange County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.