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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, May 2025

37 severe thunderstorm watches in May 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
37
Busiest day
May 1, 20254 severe thunderstorm watches

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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
Apr 30, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 15 more4 hr
May 1, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Coryell and 17 more9 hr
May 1, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 15 more7 hr
May 1, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 19 more7 hr
May 1, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Hardeman, Lamar and 3 more8 hr
May 2, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton and 6 more9 hr
May 2, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 54 more9 hr
May 2, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 10 more8 hr
May 2, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more6 hr
May 4, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Culberson, Ector and 6 more8 hr
May 5, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fort Bend and 8 more6 hr
May 6, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 48 more8 hr
May 6, 9:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bosque, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Collin and 30 more6 hr
May 6, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Goliad and 12 more4 hr
May 7, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy and 6 more5 hr
May 8, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Hidalgo and 12 more8 hr
May 8, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Bee, Duval, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak and 4 more5 hr
May 16, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Comanche and 34 more6 hr
May 17, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas and 32 more7 hr
May 17, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Brown, Burnet, Dimmit, Edwards, Gillespie and 14 more9 hr
May 17, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 10 more6 hr
May 20, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 15 more3 hr
May 20, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 7 more5 hr
May 22, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 6 more5 hr
May 22, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Childress and 49 more10 hr
May 24, 9:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Red River6 hr
May 25, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 36 more7 hr
May 25, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more5 hr
May 25, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 28 more7 hr
May 26, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 27 more7 hr
May 26, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Falls, Leon, Limestone, Milam, Robertson3 hr
May 26, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Calhoun and 29 more6 hr
May 27, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector and 21 more9 hr
May 28, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBee, Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo and 16 more7 hr
May 28, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDallam, Hartley, Moore, Sherman7 hr
May 28, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 35 more7 hr
May 29, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Cochran, Coke and 45 more9 hr

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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.