Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Texas, 2016
35 high wind watches in 2016. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 35
- Busiest month
- December8 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- December 15, 20163 high wind watches
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 3:59 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:16 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 11 hr | |
| Jan 22, 2:13 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Jan 29, 3:33 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| Jan 30, 5:29 AM CST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 33 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:51 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Gaines, Loving, Ward, Winkler | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:03 AM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:25 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Mar 10, 1:50 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 25 hr | |
| Mar 11, 4:56 AM CST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:53 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 23 hr | |
| Mar 18, 3:57 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| Mar 20, 4:06 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 24 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:34 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:55 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 13 hr | |
| Apr 5, 4:51 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| Apr 24, 4:51 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Apr 25, 2:02 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 14 hr | |
| Apr 27, 2:26 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| May 7, 2:07 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 14 hr | |
| May 16, 4:16 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 35 hr | |
| Sep 24, 3:22 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 11 hr | |
| Oct 18, 2:04 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 12 hr | |
| Nov 1, 5:03 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 46 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:34 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Nov 23, 2:10 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Nov 25, 1:37 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Dec 1, 3:17 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Dec 6, 2:11 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 14 hr | |
| Dec 15, 3:27 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 11 hr | |
| Dec 15, 3:55 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more | 25 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:01 AM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:11 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 12 hr | |
| Dec 23, 3:44 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Dec 24, 3:00 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Lipscomb and 7 more | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- El Paso County3
- Dallam County3
- Hansford County3
- Hartley County3
- Hutchinson County3
- Moore County3
- Sherman County3
- Hudspeth County2
- Bailey County2
- Briscoe County2
- Castro County2
- Cochran County2
- Hale County2
- Hockley County2
- Lamb County2
- Parmer County2
- Swisher County2
- Lipscomb County2
- Ochiltree County2
- Roberts County2
- Deaf Smith County2
- Oldham County2
- Potter County2
- Randall County2
- Andrews County1
- Gaines County1
- Loving County1
- Ward County1
- Winkler County1
- Crosby County1
- Floyd County1
- Lubbock County1
- Lynn County1
- Terry County1
- Yoakum County1
- Hemphill County1
- Armstrong County1
- Carson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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. Rebuilt daily.