Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Watches
High Wind Watches in Texas, 2026
18 high wind watches in 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- March6 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- March 13, 20264 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 1, 11:31 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 14 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:06 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 15 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:13 AM CST | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hansford and 11 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:26 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 26 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:10 PM CST | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:55 AM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 16 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:51 PM CST | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 21 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:07 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 27 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:41 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 27 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:10 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:25 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:30 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 11 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:19 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 10 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:58 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 25 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:05 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 12 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:44 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 24 hr |
| Apr 24, 12:07 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 22 hr |
| May 4, 1:30 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | MAF | Culberson | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Culberson County13
- Armstrong County2
- Carson County2
- Dallam County2
- Deaf Smith County2
- Gray County2
- Hansford County2
- Hartley County2
- Hemphill County2
- Hutchinson County2
- Lipscomb County2
- Moore County2
- Ochiltree County2
- Oldham County2
- Potter County2
- Randall County2
- Roberts County2
- Sherman County2
- Bailey County2
- Briscoe County2
- Castro County2
- Cochran County2
- Hale County2
- Hockley County2
- Lamb County2
- Lubbock County2
- Parmer County2
- Swisher County2
- Childress County1
- Cottle County1
- Crosby County1
- Dickens County1
- Floyd County1
- Garza County1
- Hall County1
- Kent County1
- King County1
- Lynn County1
- Motley County1
- Stonewall County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.