Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, August 2023
5 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- August 5, 20232 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 5, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hartley | 10 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Deaf Smith, Floyd and 17 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Jack and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb and 3 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hansford County3
- Hemphill County3
- Lipscomb County3
- Ochiltree County3
- Roberts County3
- Dallam County2
- Hartley County2
- Gray County2
- Hutchinson County2
- Moore County2
- Sherman County2
- Wheeler County2
- Armstrong County1
- Briscoe County1
- Carson County1
- Castro County1
- Deaf Smith County1
- Floyd County1
- Hale County1
- Lamb County1
- Oldham County1
- Parmer County1
- Potter County1
- Randall County1
- Swisher County1
- Archer County1
- Clay County1
- Cooke County1
- Denton County1
- Grayson County1
- Jack County1
- Montague County1
- Wise County1
- Young County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Donley 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.