Alert archive / Texas / High Wind Watches / 2026
High Wind Watches in Texas, February 2026
5 high wind watches in February 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 February 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- February 15, 20263 high wind watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Culberson County3
- Armstrong County1
- Carson County1
- Dallam County1
- Deaf Smith County1
- Gray County1
- Hansford County1
- Hartley County1
- Hemphill County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Lipscomb County1
- Moore County1
- Ochiltree County1
- Oldham County1
- Potter County1
- Randall County1
- Roberts County1
- Sherman County1
- Bailey County1
- Briscoe County1
- Castro County1
- Cochran County1
- Hale County1
- Hockley County1
- Lamb County1
- Lubbock County1
- Parmer County1
- Swisher County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.