Alert archive / Texas / Flood Watches / 2026
Flood Watches in Texas, May 2026
9 flood watches in May 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 9
- Busiest day
- May 20, 20262 flood 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 11:30 AM CDT | Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more | 3 days |
| May 20, 12:41 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 13 more | 4 days |
| May 21, 8:09 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BRO | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 62 hr |
| May 21, 12:14 PM CDT | Flood Watch | EWX | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 19 more | 55 hr |
| May 22, 1:02 PM CDT | Flood Watch | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 36 hr |
| May 22, 1:04 PM CDT | Flood Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 3 days |
| May 26, 9:30 AM CDT | Flood Watch | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 13 more | 10 hr |
| May 26, 11:09 AM CDT | Flood Watch | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Edwards and 12 more | 15 hr |
| May 27, 1:33 AM CDT | Flood Watch | CRP | Aransas, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio and 2 more | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Aransas County2
- Duval County2
- Jim Wells County2
- Kleberg County2
- Nueces County2
- Refugio County2
- San Patricio County2
- Webb County2
- Bandera County2
- Bexar County2
- Blanco County2
- Burnet County2
- Comal County2
- Gillespie County2
- Hays County2
- Kendall County2
- Kerr County2
- Llano County2
- Medina County2
- Travis County2
- Williamson County2
- Bee County1
- Calhoun County1
- Goliad County1
- La Salle County1
- Live Oak County1
- McMullen County1
- Victoria County1
- Austin County1
- Brazoria County1
- Chambers County1
- Colorado County1
- Fort Bend County1
- Galveston County1
- Grimes County1
- Harris County1
- Jackson County1
- Liberty County1
- Matagorda County1
- Montgomery County1
62 more counties
- Polk County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Trinity County1
- Walker County1
- Waller County1
- Washington County1
- Wharton County1
- Brooks County1
- Cameron County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Jim Hogg County1
- Kenedy County1
- Starr County1
- Willacy County1
- Zapata County1
- Atascosa County1
- Bastrop County1
- Caldwell County1
- DeWitt County1
- Fayette County1
- Frio County1
- Gonzales County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Karnes County1
- Lavaca County1
- Lee County1
- Wilson County1
- Angelina County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Sabine County1
- San Augustine County1
- Shelby County1
- Hardin County1
- Jasper County1
- Jefferson County1
- Newton County1
- Orange County1
- Tyler County1
- Brown County1
- Callahan County1
- Coke County1
- Coleman County1
- Concho County1
- Crockett County1
- Irion County1
- Kimble County1
- McCulloch County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Nolan County1
- Runnels County1
- San Saba County1
- Schleicher County1
- Sterling County1
- Sutton County1
- Taylor County1
- Tom Green County1
- Edwards County1
- Kinney County1
- Real County1
- Uvalde County1
- Val Verde County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.