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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, May 2023

27 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
27
Busiest day
May 19, 20233 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 62 more7 hr
May 5, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 43 more8 hr
May 6, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 28 more7 hr
May 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Collin, Comanche, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 23 more5 hr
May 7, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 34 more6 hr
May 10, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDallam, Hartley, Oldham8 hr
May 12, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBorden, Brewster, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 38 more7 hr
May 12, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Jack, Knox and 5 more10 hr
May 12, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 11 more6 hr
May 12, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCComanche, Cooke, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Jack and 7 more5 hr
May 19, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson and 6 more9 hr
May 19, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas and 20 more8 hr
May 19, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bandera, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 39 more9 hr
May 22, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth and 21 more8 hr
May 22, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBorden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 16 more6 hr
May 23, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 24 more6 hr
May 23, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Childress, Clay and 38 more6 hr
May 24, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 14 more9 hr
May 24, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Floyd and 11 more6 hr
May 25, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves6 hr
May 25, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more8 hr
May 26, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Parmer5 hr
May 26, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Gaines, Hockley and 4 more5 hr
May 27, 3:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines and 10 more7 hr
May 27, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Hale, Hockley, Lamb and 5 more4 hr
May 30, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore and 5 more6 hr
May 31, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Culberson and 16 more7 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.