Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2020
80 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 80
- Busiest month
- May34 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 8, 20204 severe thunderstorm watches
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By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco and 26 more | 68 days |
| Mar 4, 2:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Edwards and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Freestone, Grimes and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brewster, Crockett, Pecos, Terrell, Val Verde | 8 hr |
| Mar 17, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 17, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baylor, Cottle, Dickens, Foard, Haskell, Kent and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop and 69 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Zapata | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Jeff Davis, Pecos and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fannin, Lamar, Red River | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crockett, Glasscock, Irion, Midland, Pecos, Reagan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 8 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos and 69 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Austin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Burnet, Caldwell, Chambers and 25 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Wheeler | 7 hr |
| May 7, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ellis, Jack, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 8, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Cooke, Delta and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Newton, Orange | 6 hr |
| May 11, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 22 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 28 more | 9 hr |
| May 13, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Foard and 8 more | 8 hr |
| May 15, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bandera, Borden, Brewster, Brown, Callahan and 66 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell and 66 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 6 more | 4 hr |
| May 20, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Castro and 58 more | 8 hr |
| May 21, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Callahan, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle and 21 more | 8 hr |
| May 21, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 8 hr |
| May 22, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton and 17 more | 8 hr |
| May 22, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 23, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 19 more | 8 hr |
| May 23, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 27 more | 7 hr |
| May 23, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Haskell, Jack, Jones and 8 more | 4 hr |
| May 24, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comal and 19 more | 5 hr |
| May 24, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aransas, Bastrop, Bee, Caldwell, Calhoun, DeWitt and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brooks, DeWitt and 25 more | 8 hr |
| May 27, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazoria and 42 more | 9 hr |
| May 27, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Concho, Kimble, McCulloch and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 22 more | 8 hr |
| May 28, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Archer, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden and 56 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Coke, Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Wheeler | 9 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 22, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Childress and 41 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Cochran, Culberson, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hartley | 7 hr |
| Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Sherman | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 7 hr |
| Jul 15, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Oldham and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Red River | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hartley | 7 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Hutchinson and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Red River | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley, Floyd and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Wichita and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 17 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler | 6 hr |
| Nov 24, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 19 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cottle County15
- Dickens County15
- Motley County15
- Kent County14
- King County14
- Wheeler County14
- Stonewall County13
- Baylor County13
- Foard County13
- Haskell County13
- Knox County13
- Wilbarger County13
- Lipscomb County13
- Clay County13
- Crosby County12
- Floyd County12
- Garza County12
- Gray County12
- Ochiltree County12
- Archer County12
- Wichita County12
- Hall County12
- Lubbock County11
- Terry County11
- Throckmorton County11
- Martin County11
- Nolan County11
- Hemphill County11
- Childress County11
- Donley County11
- Hardeman County11
- Briscoe County11
- Swisher County11
- Bandera County10
- Pecos County10
- Terrell County10
- Val Verde County10
- Hale County10
- Hockley County10
- Lamb County10
213 more counties
- Lynn County10
- Dawson County10
- Fisher County10
- Glasscock County10
- Howard County10
- Irion County10
- Jones County10
- Midland County10
- Mitchell County10
- Reagan County10
- Sterling County10
- Upton County10
- Ector County10
- Carson County10
- Dallam County10
- Roberts County10
- Collingsworth County10
- Armstrong County10
- Bexar County9
- Blanco County9
- Gillespie County9
- Hays County9
- Kerr County9
- Medina County9
- Travis County9
- Zavala County9
- Uvalde County9
- Crockett County9
- Borden County9
- Coke County9
- Crane County9
- Schleicher County9
- Scurry County9
- Shackelford County9
- Tom Green County9
- Fannin County9
- Red River County9
- Hartley County9
- Jack County9
- Montague County9
- Atascosa County8
- Bastrop County8
- Burnet County8
- Comal County8
- Fayette County8
- Frio County8
- Kendall County8
- Lee County8
- Llano County8
- Williamson County8
- Wilson County8
- Real County8
- Callahan County8
- Taylor County8
- Grayson County8
- Hutchinson County8
- Collin County8
- Cooke County8
- Wise County8
- Caldwell County7
- DeWitt County7
- Dimmit County7
- Gonzales County7
- Guadalupe County7
- Karnes County7
- Lavaca County7
- Edwards County7
- Brewster County7
- Coleman County7
- Concho County7
- Menard County7
- Runnels County7
- Sutton County7
- Maverick County7
- Bowie County7
- Hansford County7
- Moore County7
- Sherman County7
- Palo Pinto County7
- Young County7
- Potter County7
- Randall County7
- Bee County6
- La Salle County6
- Live Oak County6
- McMullen County6
- Kinney County6
- Hunt County6
- Lamar County6
- Denton County6
- Parker County6
- Stephens County6
- Andrews County6
- Gaines County6
- Bailey County6
- McCulloch County6
- Goliad County5
- Kimble County5
- Mason County5
- Falls County5
- Milam County5
- Duval County5
- Jim Wells County5
- Webb County5
- Jackson County5
- Camp County5
- Cass County5
- Franklin County5
- Morris County5
- Titus County5
- Comanche County5
- Eastland County5
- Erath County5
- Mills County5
- Tarrant County5
- Castro County5
- Cochran County5
- Deaf Smith County5
- Oldham County5
- Newton County4
- Brazos County4
- Burleson County4
- Freestone County4
- Grimes County4
- Leon County4
- Limestone County4
- Madison County4
- Robertson County4
- San Jacinto County4
- Walker County4
- Austin County4
- Bell County4
- Chambers County4
- Colorado County4
- Fort Bend County4
- Harris County4
- Liberty County4
- Orange County4
- Victoria County4
- Waller County4
- Wharton County4
- Brooks County4
- Jim Hogg County4
- Starr County4
- Zapata County4
- Winkler County4
- Delta County4
- Hopkins County4
- Marion County4
- Rains County4
- Upshur County4
- Wood County4
- Bosque County4
- Coryell County4
- Dallas County4
- Ellis County4
- Hamilton County4
- Johnson County4
- Lampasas County4
- McLennan County4
- Parmer County4
- Yoakum County4
- Brown County4
- San Saba County4
- Angelina County3
- Cherokee County3
- Jasper County3
- Nacogdoches County3
- Panola County3
- Sabine County3
- San Augustine County3
- Shelby County3
- Tyler County3
- Anderson County3
- Houston County3
- Polk County3
- Trinity County3
- Kleberg County3
- Nueces County3
- San Patricio County3
- Hardin County3
- Jefferson County3
- Montgomery County3
- Washington County3
- Hidalgo County3
- Reeves County3
- Ward County3
- Gregg County3
- Harrison County3
- Hill County3
- Hood County3
- Rockwall County3
- Somervell County3
- Brazoria County3
- Galveston County3
- Matagorda County3
- Rusk County2
- Jeff Davis County2
- Kaufman County2
- Smith County2
- Van Zandt County2
- Culberson County2
- Loving County2
- Aransas County2
- Calhoun County2
- Refugio County2
- Henderson County1
- Navarro County1
- Presidio County1
- Cameron County1
- Kenedy County1
- Willacy County1
- Hudspeth County1
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.