Alert archive / Texas / Fire Weather Watches / 2023
Fire Weather Watches in Texas, August 2023
7 fire weather watches in August 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 August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 7
- Busiest day
- August 15, 20232 fire weather watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brazos County5
- Burleson County5
- Grimes County5
- Houston County5
- Madison County5
- Polk County5
- San Jacinto County5
- Trinity County5
- Walker County5
- Washington County5
- Montgomery County4
- Austin County3
- Colorado County3
- Waller County3
- Jackson County2
- 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
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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.