Flash Flood Watches in Texas
1,116 flash flood 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 flash flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 1,116
- Busiest year
- 2015175 flash flood watches
- Average year
- 62over 18 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.
- Hays County111
- Bexar County110
- Travis County108
- Comal County107
- Blanco County106
- Williamson County106
- Bowie County104
- Fayette County103
- Lee County103
- Cass County102
- Kendall County102
- Medina County102
- Bastrop County101
- Camp County101
- Franklin County101
- Morris County101
- Titus County101
- Bandera County100
- Burnet County100
- Caldwell County100
- Guadalupe County100
- Lavaca County100
- Wood County100
- Gonzales County99
- Upshur County99
- Gillespie County98
- Red River County98
- Marion County97
- Kerr County96
- DeWitt County93
- Llano County93
- Harrison County92
- Wilson County91
- Gregg County90
- Smith County90
- Uvalde County89
- Karnes County88
- Panola County87
- Real County86
- Atascosa County85
212 more counties
- Rusk County85
- Kinney County84
- Shelby County83
- Fort Bend County83
- Wharton County83
- Edwards County82
- San Augustine County82
- Brazoria County82
- Harris County82
- Nacogdoches County81
- Cherokee County80
- Sabine County80
- Angelina County79
- Waller County79
- Matagorda County79
- Frio County78
- Hunt County78
- Val Verde County78
- Austin County77
- Collin County76
- Delta County76
- Fannin County76
- Lamar County76
- Galveston County76
- Grayson County75
- Hopkins County75
- Colorado County75
- Jackson County75
- Rockwall County74
- Hardin County73
- Dallas County72
- Kaufman County72
- Montgomery County72
- Tarrant County72
- Chambers County72
- Denton County71
- Henderson County71
- Liberty County71
- Navarro County71
- Tyler County71
- Victoria County71
- Van Zandt County70
- Calhoun County69
- Cooke County69
- Aransas County68
- Goliad County68
- Hill County68
- Limestone County68
- Pecos County68
- Rains County68
- Refugio County68
- Zavala County68
- Bell County67
- Ellis County67
- Falls County67
- Grimes County67
- Johnson County67
- Maverick County67
- Milam County67
- San Jacinto County67
- Washington County67
- Bee County66
- Freestone County66
- Anderson County65
- Burleson County65
- Dawson County65
- Leon County65
- McLennan County65
- Martin County65
- Robertson County65
- Polk County65
- Brazos County64
- Dimmit County64
- Hidalgo County64
- Midland County64
- Walker County64
- Andrews County63
- Ector County63
- Gaines County63
- Montague County62
- Parker County62
- Wise County62
- Jasper County62
- Newton County62
- Glasscock County61
- Howard County61
- Madison County61
- Borden County60
- Crane County60
- Mitchell County60
- Nueces County60
- San Patricio County60
- Somervell County60
- Terrell County60
- Upton County60
- Bosque County59
- Hood County59
- Kimble County59
- Kleberg County59
- Live Oak County59
- Reagan County59
- Tom Green County59
- Cameron County58
- Concho County58
- Schleicher County58
- Scurry County58
- Sutton County58
- Crockett County57
- Irion County57
- Menard County57
- Willacy County57
- Winkler County57
- Coke County56
- Coryell County56
- Hamilton County56
- Loving County56
- Mason County56
- San Saba County56
- Starr County56
- Houston County56
- Trinity County56
- Brooks County55
- McCulloch County55
- Palo Pinto County55
- Ward County55
- Brown County54
- Runnels County54
- Sterling County54
- Coleman County53
- Lampasas County53
- McMullen County53
- Erath County52
- Jim Hogg County52
- Jim Wells County52
- Zapata County52
- Comanche County51
- Jack County51
- Kenedy County51
- La Salle County51
- Mills County51
- Nolan County50
- Fisher County49
- Shackelford County49
- Taylor County49
- Callahan County48
- Eastland County48
- Jones County48
- Duval County47
- Stephens County47
- Webb County45
- Young County45
- Haskell County44
- Throckmorton County43
- Carson County35
- Potter County35
- Randall County35
- Armstrong County34
- Hutchinson County34
- Roberts County34
- Collingsworth County33
- Donley County33
- Hansford County33
- Lipscomb County33
- Deaf Smith County32
- Gray County32
- Hemphill County32
- Moore County32
- Ochiltree County32
- Oldham County32
- Wheeler County32
- Hartley County31
- Dallam County30
- Sherman County30
- El Paso County29
- Hudspeth County27
- Clay County25
- Wichita County25
- Archer County23
- Wilbarger County23
- Baylor County21
- Foard County21
- Hardeman County20
- Knox County20
- Briscoe County19
- Childress County19
- Hall County19
- Cottle County18
- Crosby County18
- Floyd County18
- Garza County18
- Lynn County18
- Motley County18
- Lubbock County17
- Hale County16
- Kent County16
- King County16
- Stonewall County16
- Dickens County15
- Terry County15
- Hockley County14
- Swisher County14
- Bailey County13
- Castro County13
- Cochran County13
- Lamb County13
- Parmer County13
- Yoakum County13
- Culberson County7
- Brewster County5
- Jeff Davis County5
- Presidio County5
- Reeves County5
The latest flash flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | EPZ | El Paso | 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.