Flood Watches in Texas
490 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 490
- Busiest year
- 202598 flood watches
- Average year
- 26over 19 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.
- Clay County71
- Wichita County67
- Archer County63
- Wilbarger County62
- Baylor County56
- Hardeman County53
- Foard County51
- Knox County48
- Harris County46
- Liberty County46
- Montgomery County46
- Fort Bend County43
- Waller County43
- Brazoria County42
- Grimes County42
- Hardin County42
- San Jacinto County42
- Walker County42
- Austin County41
- Chambers County41
- Colorado County41
- Polk County41
- Wharton County41
- Galveston County40
- Trinity County40
- Matagorda County39
- Washington County37
- Brazos County36
- Madison County36
- Tyler County36
- Burleson County35
- Houston County34
- Jackson County34
- Sabine County33
- Jasper County32
- Newton County32
- Crosby County31
- San Augustine County30
- Childress County30
- Garza County30
214 more counties
- Motley County30
- Hall County30
- Panola County30
- Cottle County29
- Dickens County29
- Lynn County29
- Angelina County29
- Harrison County29
- Nacogdoches County29
- Rusk County29
- Shelby County29
- Henderson County29
- Navarro County29
- King County28
- Briscoe County28
- Floyd County28
- Lubbock County28
- Marion County28
- Van Zandt County28
- Lipscomb County28
- Kent County27
- Stonewall County27
- Castro County27
- Cherokee County27
- Gregg County27
- Hale County27
- Swisher County27
- Bell County27
- Robertson County27
- Collingsworth County27
- Donley County27
- Hemphill County27
- Collin County26
- Grayson County26
- Hunt County26
- Cass County26
- McLennan County26
- Milam County26
- Anderson County26
- Kaufman County26
- Limestone County26
- Gray County26
- Wheeler County26
- Roberts County26
- Delta County25
- Denton County25
- Fannin County25
- Hopkins County25
- Lamar County25
- Bowie County25
- Hockley County25
- Lamb County25
- Parmer County25
- Smith County25
- Yoakum County25
- Bosque County25
- Coryell County25
- Dallas County25
- Ellis County25
- Falls County25
- Hill County25
- Freestone County25
- Leon County25
- Armstrong County25
- Rains County25
- Cooke County24
- Cochran County24
- Hamilton County24
- Lampasas County24
- Tarrant County24
- Wise County24
- Carson County24
- Ochiltree County24
- Bailey County23
- Morris County23
- Terry County23
- Randall County23
- Rockwall County23
- Camp County22
- Red River County22
- Titus County22
- Upshur County22
- Kerr County22
- Johnson County22
- Mills County22
- Parker County22
- Bexar County22
- Comal County22
- Franklin County21
- Williamson County21
- Hood County21
- Somervell County21
- Potter County21
- Bandera County21
- Culberson County21
- Wood County20
- Burnet County20
- Hays County20
- Kendall County20
- Travis County20
- Erath County20
- Montague County20
- Hutchinson County20
- Brewster County20
- Jeff Davis County20
- Medina County20
- Presidio County20
- Reeves County20
- Jefferson County20
- Orange County20
- Llano County19
- Jack County19
- Hansford County19
- Blanco County18
- Gillespie County18
- Comanche County18
- Deaf Smith County18
- Guadalupe County18
- Lee County18
- Moore County17
- Oldham County17
- Caldwell County17
- Uvalde County16
- Palo Pinto County16
- Young County16
- Brown County16
- Coleman County16
- Bastrop County16
- Real County16
- Sherman County15
- Runnels County15
- Edwards County15
- Fayette County15
- Pecos County15
- Concho County15
- McCulloch County15
- Mason County15
- San Saba County15
- Callahan County14
- Coke County14
- Taylor County14
- Throckmorton County14
- Gonzales County14
- Kimble County14
- Menard County14
- Tom Green County14
- Loving County13
- Haskell County13
- DeWitt County13
- Gaines County13
- Lavaca County13
- Terrell County13
- Val Verde County13
- Schleicher County13
- Sutton County13
- Wilson County13
- Cameron County12
- Hidalgo County12
- Nueces County12
- Eastland County12
- Stephens County12
- Dallam County12
- Jones County12
- Sterling County12
- Andrews County12
- Aransas County12
- Borden County12
- Crockett County12
- Dawson County12
- Kinney County12
- Refugio County12
- Scurry County12
- Irion County12
- Brooks County11
- Kenedy County11
- Willacy County11
- Jim Wells County11
- Kleberg County11
- San Patricio County11
- Webb County11
- Hartley County11
- El Paso County11
- Nolan County11
- Shackelford County11
- Calhoun County11
- Howard County11
- Martin County11
- Mitchell County11
- Victoria County11
- Ward County11
- Winkler County11
- Jim Hogg County10
- Maverick County10
- Starr County10
- Zapata County10
- Duval County10
- Hudspeth County10
- Crane County10
- Ector County10
- Glasscock County10
- Midland County10
- Reagan County10
- Karnes County10
- Zavala County9
- La Salle County9
- Fisher County9
- Goliad County9
- Upton County9
- Dimmit County8
- Atascosa County8
- McMullen County7
- Bee County7
- Frio County7
- Live Oak County6
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:07 PM CDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | Hudspeth | 49 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:08 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MAF | Culberson | 68 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:18 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 68 hr |
| Sep 1, 2:35 PM CDT | Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Leon, Limestone, Navarro and 2 more | 52 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:41 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine and 3 more | 53 hr |
| Aug 31, 10:14 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | Brazoria, Brazos, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes and 10 more | 3 days |
| Aug 31, 10:07 AM CDT | Flood Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 3 days |
| Jul 31, 10:53 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 38 hr |
| Jul 13, 12:01 PM CDT | Flood Watch | FWD | Bell, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, Lampasas, McLennan and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:35 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 4 days |
| Jul 13, 10:36 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SJT | Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 13 more | 4 days |
| Jul 13, 10:03 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Dimmit and 17 more | 4 days |
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.