Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Texas, 2023
47 high wind watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 47
- Busiest month
- February18 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- February 24, 20234 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:27 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 16 hr |
| Jan 9, 2:43 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 34 hr |
| Jan 10, 2:04 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Hartley and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:04 AM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 8 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 13, 1:45 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:23 PM CST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 25 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:01 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves | 12 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:59 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 12 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:36 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 11 hr |
| Feb 8, 1:52 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 11 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:24 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves | 11 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:43 PM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:47 PM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:58 PM CST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 23 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:01 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 11 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:52 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:53 AM CST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 23 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:03 PM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 20, 2:30 PM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:02 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Brewster, Culberson, Dawson, Gaines, Jeff Davis and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:44 AM CST | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 27 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:58 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 13 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:14 AM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:15 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:37 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 10 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:30 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:08 PM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Cochran, Crosby, Garza, Hockley, Lubbock, Lynn and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:27 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 12 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:45 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 13 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:16 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 12 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:34 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Dallam, Hartley, Sherman | 35 hr |
| Mar 22, 1:38 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 14 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:40 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Reeves | 10 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:10 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman | 24 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:10 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 12 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:42 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | EPZ | El Paso, Hudspeth | 9 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:28 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 12 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:43 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:47 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 13 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:54 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:05 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 17 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:53 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 20 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:12 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 23 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:16 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 12 hr |
| Nov 17, 12:56 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 25 hr |
| Nov 28, 1:45 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 24 hr |
| Dec 6, 1:31 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Culberson County27
- Brewster County11
- Jeff Davis County11
- Presidio County11
- Deaf Smith County7
- Hartley County7
- Oldham County7
- Cochran County7
- Crosby County7
- Hockley County7
- Lubbock County7
- Reeves County7
- Armstrong County6
- Carson County6
- Dallam County6
- Donley County6
- Moore County6
- Potter County6
- Randall County6
- Sherman County6
- Bailey County6
- Briscoe County6
- Castro County6
- Floyd County6
- Hale County6
- Hall County6
- Lamb County6
- Motley County6
- Parmer County6
- Swisher County6
- Hutchinson County5
- El Paso County5
- Hudspeth County5
- Childress County5
- Cottle County5
- Dickens County5
- Garza County5
- King County5
- Lynn County5
- Terry County5
30 more counties
- Yoakum County5
- Collingsworth County5
- Gray County5
- Hemphill County5
- Roberts County5
- Wheeler County5
- Kent County4
- Andrews County4
- Dawson County4
- Gaines County4
- Loving County4
- Winkler County4
- Stonewall County3
- Hansford County3
- Ochiltree County3
- Borden County3
- Ector County3
- Howard County3
- Martin County3
- Midland County3
- Pecos County3
- Scurry County3
- Ward County3
- Lipscomb County2
- Crane County2
- Mitchell County2
- Glasscock County1
- Reagan County1
- Terrell County1
- Upton County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
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