Alert archive / Texas / Rains County
Weather alerts in Rains County, Texas, 2026
87 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Rains County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 87
- Warnings
- 22
- Watches
- 13
- Advisories
- 19
- Busiest month
- April21 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 25, 20267 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Rains County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 12 | 5 | 58% | 9 | 100% | 32 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 1 | 100% | 56 min |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: tornado warnings | 28 | 8 | 71% | 14 | 86% | 29 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: severe thunderstorm warnings | 266 | 147 | 45% | 449 | 92% | 28 min |
| NWS Fort Worth, TX: flash flood warnings | 86 | 58 | 33% | 128 | 95% | 93 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 20, 2:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FWD | 47 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:12 PM CST | Extreme Cold Watch | FWD | 26 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:28 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FWD | 71 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:36 PM CST | Extreme Cold Warning | FWD | 5 days |
| Jan 24, 1:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:02 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | FWD | 11 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:24 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FWD | 48 hr |
| Feb 14, 10:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Feb 14, 1:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 44 min |
| Feb 16, 6:58 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | FWD | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:22 AM CST | Wind Advisory | FWD | 18 hr |
| Mar 4, 3:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | 2 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 11:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Mar 14, 11:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FWD | 37 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:04 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | 19 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:52 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FWD | 21 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 10:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 8:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Apr 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 29, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| May 5, 6:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 10, 12:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 37 min |
| May 10, 1:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 19, 9:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 25 min |
| May 19, 9:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 23, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 77 min |
| May 23, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 34 min |
| Jun 2, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 4:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | 24 min |
| Jun 2, 4:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 4:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 12:57 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 44 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 22, 3:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 20 min |
| Jul 6, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 12:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:05 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 5 days |
| Jul 21, 12:38 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | FWD | 43 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:02 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 65 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:27 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 24 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:19 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 6 days |
| Aug 8, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | 20 min |
| Aug 10, 12:13 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 32 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 56 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:23 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 8 days |
| Aug 17, 12:45 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 5 days |
| Aug 17, 12:45 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | FWD | 5 days |
| Aug 22, 8:39 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | FWD | 3 days |
| Aug 24, 1:30 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 3 days |
| Sep 5, 12:25 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 4 days |
| Sep 11, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 24 min |
| Sep 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | 27 min |
| Sep 11, 11:58 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FWD | 5 days |
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 | 12 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 18 |
| Special Weather Statement | 15 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 3 |
| Heat Advisory | 12 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 1 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.