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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, May 2016

25 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2016. 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Grimes, Hardin, Harrison, Houston and 17 more5 hr
May 8, 1:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 31 more7 hr
May 10, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 63 more7 hr
May 11, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Denton, Eastland and 20 more7 hr
May 11, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Fisher, Jones and 4 more6 hr
May 13, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Castro and 36 more8 hr
May 16, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more11 hr
May 16, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Clay, Cottle and 7 more5 hr
May 17, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Brewster, Comal and 34 more13 hr
May 17, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, La Salle, McMullen and 3 more5 hr
May 19, 7:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval and 14 more7 hr
May 21, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Dallam and 18 more7 hr
May 22, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more5 hr
May 23, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Montague, Wichita and 1 more5 hr
May 23, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill and 5 more5 hr
May 26, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 21 more8 hr
May 26, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Comanche, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath and 12 more5 hr
May 26, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 9 more6 hr
May 27, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 16 more5 hr
May 27, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton and 3 more6 hr
May 28, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 40 more9 hr
May 29, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson and 45 more8 hr
May 29, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson and 22 more7 hr
May 29, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 35 more9 hr
May 30, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBorden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Dawson and 15 more5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.