Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Texas, 2018
39 high wind watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 39
- Busiest month
- April8 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- January 19, 20183 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 6, 2:36 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 12 hr | |
| Jan 8, 2:20 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Loving and 6 more | 50 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:22 AM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:20 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 10 hr | |
| Jan 19, 3:07 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:16 PM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:56 PM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:22 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Feb 22, 1:26 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 13 hr | |
| Feb 26, 2:20 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Mar 2, 2:59 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 34 hr | |
| Mar 14, 3:13 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 11 hr | |
| Mar 16, 3:35 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Loving | 23 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:23 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:51 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Mar 24, 4:51 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 23 hr | |
| Apr 7, 3:51 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 25 hr | |
| Apr 10, 2:30 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 22 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:53 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Crane, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard and 9 more | 34 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:10 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:58 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Gaines | 10 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:26 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hansford, Hartley and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:33 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 11 hr | |
| Apr 23, 3:16 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Jun 1, 4:51 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Sep 25, 3:48 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 11 hr | |
| Oct 13, 3:49 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | 13 hr | |
| Nov 7, 3:52 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Nov 10, 2:36 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Nov 22, 3:51 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Nov 28, 2:57 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 24 hr | |
| Nov 29, 2:19 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 13 hr | |
| Dec 1, 4:48 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 23 hr | |
| Dec 11, 3:40 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 7 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:13 PM CST | High Wind Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 11, 2:51 PM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 11, 6:26 PM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 16 more | 20 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:29 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 14 hr | |
| Dec 29, 4:35 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gaines County5
- Loving County5
- Andrews County4
- Crane County4
- Ector County4
- Martin County4
- Midland County4
- Upton County4
- Ward County4
- Winkler County4
- Bailey County4
- Cochran County4
- Hockley County4
- Lamb County4
- Lubbock County4
- Lynn County4
- Parmer County4
- Terry County4
- Yoakum County4
- Dallam County4
- Deaf Smith County4
- Hartley County4
- Moore County4
- Oldham County4
- Potter County4
- Randall County4
- Sherman County4
- Dawson County3
- Pecos County3
- Howard County3
- Castro County3
- Hale County3
- Swisher County3
- Borden County2
- Glasscock County2
- Mitchell County2
- Reagan County2
- Briscoe County2
- Childress County2
- Cottle County2
31 more counties
- Crosby County2
- Dickens County2
- Floyd County2
- Garza County2
- Hall County2
- King County2
- Motley County2
- Carson County2
- Gray County2
- Hansford County2
- Hemphill County2
- Hutchinson County2
- Lipscomb County2
- Ochiltree County2
- Roberts County2
- Scurry County1
- El Paso County1
- Hudspeth County1
- Kent County1
- Stonewall County1
- Archer County1
- Baylor County1
- Foard County1
- Hardeman County1
- Knox County1
- Wichita County1
- Wilbarger County1
- Armstrong County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Donley County1
- Wheeler County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.