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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 2021
89 severe thunderstorm watches in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 89
- Busiest month
- May41 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20214 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 6, 12:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Austin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Cass, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Cochran and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 44 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Collin and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Childress, Clay, Cottle and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 22, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Camp, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Cooke, Coryell and 26 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Gregg, Grimes and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 12:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burnet, Concho, Edwards, Gillespie, Kimble, Kinney and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aransas, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Concho, Crockett, Edwards and 19 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 23, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Archer, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque and 53 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bexar, DeWitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 23, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bee, Goliad, Live Oak, Victoria | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Jack and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Archer, Baylor, Borden, Clay, Coke and 29 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Gaines and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Callahan, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell, Jack, Jones and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 3, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 9 more | 4 hr |
| May 3, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 10 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 28 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 8:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 22 more | 8 hr |
| May 9, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 14 more | 8 hr |
| May 9, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Comal and 32 more | 7 hr |
| May 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 7 hr |
| May 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards and 14 more | 10 hr |
| May 11, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Freestone and 17 more | 4 hr |
| May 11, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 29 more | 10 hr |
| May 11, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 4 hr |
| May 11, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Dallam and 19 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 15 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 19 more | 7 hr |
| May 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Coke, Crockett, Dawson, Fisher, Glasscock and 12 more | 4 hr |
| May 16, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Hale and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 16, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell and 10 more | 4 hr |
| May 17, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Donley, Gray and 10 more | 8 hr |
| May 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dimmit, Frio, La Salle, Maverick, Webb, Zavala | 4 hr |
| May 17, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Clay, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 5:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 8 more | 8 hr |
| May 23, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson and 34 more | 7 hr |
| May 25, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Castro and 54 more | 7 hr |
| May 27, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Borden, Brewster, Briscoe, Callahan and 46 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Comanche and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 28, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Reeves and 3 more | 9 hr |
| May 28, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane and 20 more | 8 hr |
| May 28, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco and 32 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Castro, Cochran, Crosby and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hartley, Oldham, Sherman | 8 hr |
| May 30, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 30 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector and 21 more | 9 hr |
| May 31, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Ellis, Erath and 13 more | 4 hr |
| May 31, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Uvalde and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, La Salle, McMullen and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Coke, Concho, Crockett, Dawson and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Cooke, Denton and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 30 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Hall, Hardeman and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Archer, Baylor, Borden, Childress, Clay and 32 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Deaf Smith, Hale, Hall and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Foard, Grayson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Cochran, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | El Paso, Hudspeth | 8 hr |
| Jul 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Fisher and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 45 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 27, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 48 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 3:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 7 hr |
| Nov 10, 5:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 15 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Briscoe County15
- Crosby County15
- Kent County15
- Howard County15
- Martin County15
- Mitchell County15
- Donley County14
- Floyd County14
- Garza County14
- Hale County14
- Hall County14
- Lamb County14
- Borden County14
- Armstrong County13
- Carson County13
- Collingsworth County13
- Hockley County13
- Lynn County13
- Swisher County13
- Wheeler County13
- Archer County13
- Wichita County13
- Dawson County13
- Glasscock County13
- Midland County13
- Castro County13
- Childress County12
- Cottle County12
- Dickens County12
- Gray County12
- Hutchinson County12
- Lubbock County12
- Motley County12
- Stonewall County12
- Crockett County12
- Clay County12
- Andrews County12
- Scurry County12
- Potter County12
- Randall County12
213 more counties
- Denton County11
- Hardeman County11
- King County11
- Knox County11
- Roberts County11
- Terry County11
- Coke County11
- Sterling County11
- Gaines County11
- Reagan County11
- Dallam County11
- Hansford County11
- Hartley County11
- Sherman County11
- Grayson County10
- Hopkins County10
- Marion County10
- Rains County10
- Upshur County10
- Gregg County10
- Rusk County10
- Baylor County10
- Cochran County10
- Foard County10
- Hemphill County10
- Wilbarger County10
- Cooke County10
- Fisher County10
- Haskell County10
- Irion County10
- Jack County10
- Jones County10
- Montague County10
- Nolan County10
- Tom Green County10
- Wise County10
- Milam County10
- Robertson County10
- Ector County10
- Upton County10
- Moore County10
- Oldham County10
- Parmer County10
- Bowie County9
- Camp County9
- Cass County9
- Collin County9
- Dallas County9
- Delta County9
- Hunt County9
- Kaufman County9
- Lamar County9
- Morris County9
- Rockwall County9
- Tarrant County9
- Titus County9
- Van Zandt County9
- Cherokee County9
- Harrison County9
- Panola County9
- Smith County9
- Yoakum County9
- Bell County9
- Ellis County9
- Hill County9
- McLennan County9
- Palo Pinto County9
- Schleicher County9
- Shackelford County9
- Somervell County9
- Sutton County9
- Taylor County9
- Throckmorton County9
- Falls County9
- Leon County9
- Limestone County9
- Navarro County9
- Blanco County9
- Burnet County9
- Kendall County9
- Williamson County9
- Bailey County9
- Deaf Smith County9
- Ochiltree County9
- Madison County8
- Fannin County8
- Franklin County8
- Wood County8
- Nacogdoches County8
- Bosque County8
- Coryell County8
- Erath County8
- Hamilton County8
- Hood County8
- Mason County8
- Menard County8
- Mills County8
- Runnels County8
- San Saba County8
- Stephens County8
- Young County8
- Anderson County8
- Freestone County8
- Henderson County8
- Hays County8
- Llano County8
- Crane County8
- Pecos County8
- Brazos County7
- Burleson County7
- Fayette County7
- Houston County7
- Lee County7
- Polk County7
- Trinity County7
- Washington County7
- Red River County7
- Shelby County7
- Lipscomb County7
- Callahan County7
- Comanche County7
- Concho County7
- Eastland County7
- Johnson County7
- Kimble County7
- Lampasas County7
- McCulloch County7
- Parker County7
- Gillespie County7
- Kerr County7
- Travis County7
- Bexar County7
- Comal County7
- Edwards County7
- Val Verde County7
- Bastrop County6
- Lavaca County6
- San Jacinto County6
- Walker County6
- Bandera County6
- Guadalupe County6
- Medina County6
- Real County6
- Uvalde County6
- Wilson County6
- Angelina County6
- Sabine County6
- San Augustine County6
- Kinney County6
- Terrell County6
- Winkler County6
- Grimes County5
- Tyler County5
- Coleman County5
- Caldwell County5
- Gonzales County5
- Atascosa County5
- Frio County5
- Dimmit County5
- Maverick County5
- Zavala County5
- Loving County5
- Austin County4
- Colorado County4
- Montgomery County4
- Brown County4
- Jasper County4
- Newton County4
- Webb County4
- Brewster County4
- Chambers County3
- Hardin County3
- Jefferson County3
- Waller County3
- San Patricio County3
- DeWitt County3
- Karnes County3
- Duval County3
- Jim Wells County3
- La Salle County3
- Brooks County3
- Jim Hogg County3
- Zapata County3
- Jeff Davis County3
- Reeves County3
- Ward County3
- Brazoria County2
- Fort Bend County2
- Galveston County2
- Harris County2
- Jackson County2
- Liberty County2
- Matagorda County2
- Wharton County2
- Bee County2
- Goliad County2
- Orange County2
- Victoria County2
- Live Oak County2
- McMullen County2
- Cameron County2
- Hidalgo County2
- Kenedy County2
- Kleberg County2
- Nueces County2
- Starr County2
- Willacy County2
- Culberson County2
- Aransas County1
- Calhoun County1
- Refugio County1
- El Paso 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. Rebuilt daily.