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Fire Weather Watches in Texas, 2026
98 fire weather watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
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- March37 fire weather watches
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- March 14, 20267 fire weather watches
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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 4, 10:38 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Hardeman | 14 hr |
| Jan 15, 12:03 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Childress, Cottle, Hall, Motley | 9 hr |
| Feb 8, 11:52 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Parmer | 11 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:48 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:00 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:02 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Gaines | 33 hr |
| Feb 16, 5:37 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 40 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:19 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 8:57 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Gaines, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:39 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 12 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:07 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:43 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:16 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | FWD | Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Wise, Young | 11 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:17 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:34 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Hutchinson and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:52 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Culberson, Dawson, Gaines and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:37 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 10 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:45 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:01 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:36 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Potter and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 23, 2:23 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves | 12 hr |
| Feb 23, 1:18 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:51 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:24 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Parmer | 10 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:08 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 8 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:09 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves | 26 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:28 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:35 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:44 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:26 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 11, 11:00 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 20 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:31 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 45 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:41 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:41 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:33 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | FWD | Bell, Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas and 22 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:14 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:42 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 14, 12:22 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:04 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:00 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:37 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 13 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:52 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:15 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:47 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:58 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 20, 12:15 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 10:32 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:43 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:56 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger | 25 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:50 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:57 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 26 hr |
| Mar 29, 11:54 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 14 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:07 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 11 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 29, 1:27 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:37 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:52 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Gaines, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:11 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more | 21 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:19 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Sherman | 13 hr |
| Apr 12, 10:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Crosby and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:38 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hansford and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 15 more | 28 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:37 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:53 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Andrews, Culberson, Dawson, Gaines, Martin | 24 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:28 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman | 22 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson | 24 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:38 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 21, 12:46 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Gaines, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves | 18 hr |
| Apr 23, 2:13 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:42 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 9 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:24 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:58 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson, Gaines | 10 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:29 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:13 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson, Gaines | 25 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:36 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 14 more | 24 hr |
| May 12, 1:40 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more | 35 hr |
| May 13, 12:21 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Hale, Lamb, Parmer and 1 more | 12 hr |
| May 14, 1:16 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 11 hr |
| May 15, 11:14 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 11 hr |
| May 15, 11:24 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 25 hr |
| May 15, 1:56 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 8 more | 10 hr |
| May 16, 12:21 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 11 hr |
| May 16, 11:45 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MAF | Culberson, Dawson, Gaines | 26 hr |
| May 16, 12:08 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 23 hr |
| May 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 25 hr |
| May 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 13 hr |
| May 17, 12:45 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | OUN | Foard, Hardeman | 13 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:14 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb and 3 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bailey County26
- Castro County26
- Parmer County26
- Dallam County24
- Hartley County24
- Briscoe County24
- Hale County24
- Lamb County24
- Swisher County24
- Deaf Smith County23
- Oldham County23
- Cochran County23
- Floyd County23
- Hockley County23
- Lubbock County23
- Armstrong County22
- Potter County22
- Randall County22
- Sherman County22
- Crosby County22
- Terry County22
- Yoakum County22
- Moore County21
- Motley County20
- Carson County20
- Lynn County20
- Hall County19
- Hutchinson County19
- Childress County18
- Gray County18
- Hansford County18
- Cottle County17
- Collingsworth County17
- Donley County17
- Hemphill County17
- Lipscomb County17
- Ochiltree County17
- Roberts County17
- Wheeler County17
- Garza County16
174 more counties
- Dickens County14
- Culberson County14
- Hardeman County12
- Gaines County11
- Foard County11
- Wilbarger County10
- Kent County10
- King County9
- Knox County9
- Brewster County9
- Jeff Davis County9
- Presidio County9
- Reeves County9
- Baylor County8
- Wichita County7
- Stonewall County7
- Loving County6
- Archer County6
- Brooks County6
- El Paso County5
- Hudspeth County5
- Clay County5
- Dawson County5
- Jim Hogg County5
- Starr County5
- Zapata County5
- Cameron County5
- Hidalgo County5
- Kenedy County5
- Willacy County5
- Andrews County4
- Martin County4
- Borden County3
- Howard County3
- Cooke County2
- Jack County2
- Montague County2
- Wise County2
- Young County2
- Crane County2
- Ector County2
- Glasscock County2
- Midland County2
- Mitchell County2
- Pecos County2
- Reagan County2
- Scurry County2
- Terrell County2
- Upton County2
- Ward County2
- Winkler County2
- Hardin County2
- Jasper County2
- Jefferson County2
- Newton County2
- Orange County2
- Tyler County2
- Grayson County1
- Atascosa County1
- Bandera County1
- Bastrop County1
- Bexar County1
- Blanco County1
- Burnet County1
- Caldwell County1
- Comal County1
- DeWitt County1
- Dimmit County1
- Edwards County1
- Fayette County1
- Frio County1
- Gillespie County1
- Gonzales County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Hays County1
- Karnes County1
- Kendall County1
- Kerr County1
- Kinney County1
- Lavaca County1
- Lee County1
- Llano County1
- Maverick County1
- Medina County1
- Real County1
- Travis County1
- Uvalde County1
- Val Verde County1
- Williamson County1
- Wilson County1
- Zavala County1
- Bell County1
- Bosque County1
- Comanche County1
- Coryell County1
- Dallas County1
- Denton County1
- Eastland County1
- Ellis County1
- Erath County1
- Falls County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hill County1
- Hood County1
- Johnson County1
- Lampasas County1
- McLennan County1
- Milam County1
- Mills County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Parker County1
- Somervell County1
- Stephens County1
- Tarrant County1
- Brown County1
- Callahan County1
- Coke County1
- Coleman County1
- Concho County1
- Crockett County1
- Fisher County1
- Haskell County1
- Irion County1
- Jones County1
- Kimble County1
- McCulloch County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Nolan County1
- Runnels County1
- San Saba County1
- Schleicher County1
- Shackelford County1
- Sterling County1
- Sutton County1
- Taylor County1
- Throckmorton County1
- Tom Green County1
- Austin County1
- Brazoria County1
- Brazos County1
- Burleson County1
- Chambers County1
- Colorado County1
- Fort Bend County1
- Galveston County1
- Grimes County1
- Harris County1
- Jackson County1
- Liberty County1
- Madison County1
- Matagorda County1
- Montgomery County1
- Polk County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Walker County1
- Waller County1
- Washington County1
- Wharton County1
- Aransas County1
- Bee County1
- Calhoun County1
- Duval County1
- Goliad County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Kleberg County1
- La Salle County1
- Live Oak County1
- McMullen County1
- Nueces County1
- Refugio County1
- San Patricio County1
- Victoria County1
- Webb 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.