Alert archive / Texas / Houston County
Weather alerts in Houston County, Texas, 2026
81 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Houston County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 81
- Warnings
- 26
- Watches
- 9
- Advisories
- 18
- Busiest month
- June16 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 20, 20266 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Houston County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 3 | 77% | 2 | 50% | 25 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 3 | 100% | 78 min |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: tornado warnings | 9 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 109 | 33 | 70% | 69 | 75% | 15 min |
| NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: flash flood warnings | 52 | 27 | 48% | 77 | 83% | 110 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 12:09 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | HGX | 10 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | HGX | 48 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:30 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | HGX | 48 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:50 PM CST | Ice Storm Warning | HGX | 47 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:00 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | HGX | 21 hr |
| Jan 23, 1:00 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | HGX | 4 days |
| Jan 24, 10:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:35 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | HGX | 46 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:03 PM CST | Freeze Watch | HGX | 36 hr |
| Jan 31, 11:18 AM CST | Freeze Warning | HGX | 22 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Mar 11, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 23 min |
| Mar 11, 11:25 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 57 min |
| Mar 14, 1:11 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 53 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 56 min |
| Mar 15, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 37 min |
| Mar 15, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 12:08 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | HGX | 21 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 5:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 38 min |
| May 10, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 26 min |
| May 10, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 16 min |
| May 19, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 53 min |
| May 24, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 32 min |
| May 25, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | SHV | 24 min |
| May 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 37 min |
| May 27, 2:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 65 min |
| May 27, 2:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 31 min |
| May 27, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 11:29 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 3 days |
| Jun 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:29 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 21 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:51 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | HGX | 10 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:56 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 55 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 20, 3:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 118 min |
| Jun 20, 4:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 81 min |
| Jun 20, 6:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 60 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 5, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 1:00 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 31 hr |
| Jul 21, 12:50 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | HGX | 31 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 12:10 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:17 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 32 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | 33 min |
| Aug 19, 11:55 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 7 days |
| Aug 22, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Aug 31, 10:14 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HGX | 3 days |
| Sep 1, 2:05 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | HGX | 29 hr |
| Sep 2, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | SHV | 31 hr |
| Sep 3, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | 5 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HGX | 6 hr |
| Sep 12, 12:20 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 18 hr |
| Sep 12, 11:20 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 19 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:14 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | HGX | 55 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 13 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 11 |
| Special Weather Statement | 17 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 2 |
| Heat Advisory | 9 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.