Hurricane Watches in Texas
36 hurricane watches since 1986. 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 hurricane watches reaches back to 2005.
Hurricane Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Hurricane Watches
- 36
- Busiest year
- 200816 hurricane watches
- Average year
- 5over 7 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kenedy County10
- Aransas County8
- Brazoria County8
- Calhoun County8
- Jackson County8
- Matagorda County8
- Refugio County8
- Galveston County7
- Chambers County6
- Harris County6
- Kleberg County6
- Liberty County6
- Nueces County6
- San Patricio County6
- Bee County1
- Goliad County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Live Oak County1
- Victoria County1
- Angelina County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Sabine County1
- San Augustine County1
- Cameron County1
- Willacy County1
- Jefferson County1
The latest hurricane watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 10:12 PM CDT | Hurricane Watch | LCH | Jefferson | 16 hr |
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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.