High Wind Warnings in Texas
1,321 high wind warnings 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 1,321
- Busiest year
- 200894 high wind warnings
- Average year
- 60over 22 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.
- Culberson County310
- Hartley County90
- Potter County90
- Dallam County89
- Randall County88
- Oldham County87
- Deaf Smith County86
- Moore County81
- Carson County79
- Sherman County77
- Bailey County76
- Castro County76
- Hutchinson County74
- Lamb County73
- Armstrong County73
- Parmer County73
- Hansford County72
- Swisher County71
- Hale County70
- Lubbock County69
- Ochiltree County69
- Gray County68
- Hockley County68
- Roberts County68
- Cochran County65
- El Paso County63
- Lipscomb County61
- Briscoe County59
- Brewster County59
- Jeff Davis County59
- Presidio County59
- Floyd County58
- Donley County56
- Hemphill County56
- Terry County55
- Yoakum County54
- Wheeler County52
- Crosby County50
- Lynn County49
- Collingsworth County48
163 more counties
- Hall County44
- Loving County41
- Motley County40
- Garza County39
- Hudspeth County39
- Winkler County38
- Childress County38
- Dickens County35
- Cottle County35
- Gaines County35
- Ward County34
- Andrews County34
- Dawson County31
- Martin County28
- Ector County27
- Reeves County27
- Wichita County26
- Wilbarger County26
- King County26
- Midland County26
- Hardeman County25
- Pecos County25
- Foard County24
- Borden County23
- Kent County22
- Howard County22
- Knox County21
- Crane County21
- Archer County20
- Scurry County19
- Baylor County18
- Stonewall County18
- Mitchell County18
- Upton County18
- Tom Green County17
- Glasscock County16
- Irion County16
- Reagan County15
- Nueces County13
- Schleicher County13
- Sterling County13
- Tarrant County12
- Clay County12
- Coke County12
- Jones County12
- Nolan County12
- Runnels County12
- Taylor County12
- Callahan County11
- Concho County11
- Crockett County11
- Fisher County11
- Coleman County10
- Kleberg County10
- Dallas County9
- Haskell County9
- San Patricio County9
- Shackelford County9
- Terrell County9
- Collin County8
- Denton County8
- Throckmorton County8
- Ellis County7
- Johnson County7
- Parker County7
- Wise County7
- Rockwall County7
- Sutton County7
- Val Verde County7
- Brown County6
- Hill County6
- McLennan County5
- Rains County5
- Van Zandt County5
- McCulloch County5
- Menard County5
- San Saba County5
- Hunt County5
- Kinney County5
- Bell County4
- Cooke County4
- Hopkins County4
- Montague County4
- Bosque County4
- Grayson County4
- Hood County4
- Jack County4
- Stephens County4
- Cameron County4
- Kaufman County4
- Maverick County4
- Anderson County3
- Falls County3
- Freestone County3
- Henderson County3
- Lamar County3
- Comanche County3
- Coryell County3
- Eastland County3
- Erath County3
- Hamilton County3
- Kimble County3
- Mason County3
- Mills County3
- Palo Pinto County3
- Somervell County3
- Young County3
- Delta County3
- Fannin County3
- Jim Hogg County3
- Jim Wells County3
- Starr County3
- Webb County3
- Zapata County3
- Dimmit County3
- Bowie County2
- Camp County2
- Franklin County2
- Leon County2
- Limestone County2
- Morris County2
- Navarro County2
- Red River County2
- Titus County2
- Lampasas County2
- La Salle County2
- Brooks County2
- Hidalgo County2
- Kenedy County2
- Willacy County2
- Edwards County2
- Zavala County2
- Aransas County2
- Milam County1
- Robertson County1
- Wood County1
- Atascosa County1
- Bexar County1
- Caldwell County1
- Comal County1
- Frio County1
- Gonzales County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Karnes County1
- Medina County1
- Wilson County1
- Brazoria County1
- Chambers County1
- Galveston County1
- Matagorda County1
- Duval County1
- Real County1
- Uvalde County1
- Bastrop County1
- Lee County1
- Williamson County1
- Hardin County1
- Jasper County1
- Jefferson County1
- Newton County1
- Orange County1
- Tyler County1
- Cass County1
The latest high wind warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2:16 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 26 hr |
| May 4, 1:49 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 31 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:25 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:06 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 36 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:06 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 21 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:25 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 25 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:52 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 33 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:15 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 21 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:53 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 35 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:04 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MAF | Culberson | 36 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:44 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 17 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:16 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 8 more | 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.