Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, August 2020
6 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- August 29, 20202 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dallam County2
- Hartley County2
- Archer County2
- Baylor County2
- Clay County2
- Foard County2
- Hardeman County2
- Wichita County2
- Wilbarger County2
- Armstrong County1
- Carson County1
- Deaf Smith County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Moore County1
- Oldham County1
- Potter County1
- Randall County1
- Sherman County1
- Bowie County1
- Red River County1
- Briscoe County1
- Childress County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Cottle County1
- Donley County1
- Floyd County1
- Gray County1
- Hall County1
- Motley County1
- Swisher County1
- Wheeler County1
- Knox County1
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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.