Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, April 2026
12 severe thunderstorm watches in April 2026. 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 April 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 12
- Busiest day
- April 12, 20262 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Edwards, Kimble, Kinney, Mason, Menard and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Comanche and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Callahan, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Cooke, Denton and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 21 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Cottle, Dickens and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 33 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kerr and 10 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sutton County4
- Bowie County4
- Camp County4
- Cass County4
- Franklin County4
- Gregg County4
- Harrison County4
- Lamar County4
- Marion County4
- Morris County4
- Red River County4
- Smith County4
- Titus County4
- Upshur County4
- Wood County4
- Callahan County3
- Crockett County3
- Fisher County3
- Jones County3
- Menard County3
- Nolan County3
- Schleicher County3
- Shackelford County3
- Taylor County3
- Archer County3
- Baylor County3
- Clay County3
- Wichita County3
- Edwards County3
- Kimble County3
- Kinney County3
- Val Verde County3
- Jack County3
- Young County3
- Haskell County3
- Throckmorton County3
- Delta County3
- Fannin County3
- Henderson County3
- Hopkins County3
90 more counties
- Hunt County3
- Rains County3
- Van Zandt County3
- Coke County2
- Coleman County2
- Concho County2
- Glasscock County2
- Irion County2
- McCulloch County2
- Mitchell County2
- Reagan County2
- Runnels County2
- Scurry County2
- Sterling County2
- Tom Green County2
- Foard County2
- Hardeman County2
- Knox County2
- Wilbarger County2
- Real County2
- Bandera County2
- Bosque County2
- Coryell County2
- Eastland County2
- Falls County2
- Hamilton County2
- Kerr County2
- McLennan County2
- Palo Pinto County2
- Parker County2
- Stephens County2
- Cottle County2
- Dickens County2
- Kent County2
- King County2
- Stonewall County2
- Cooke County2
- Grayson County2
- Montague County2
- Anderson County2
- Cherokee County2
- Panola County2
- Rusk County2
- Shelby County2
- Ellis County2
- Kaufman County2
- Upton County1
- Brown County1
- Mason County1
- San Saba County1
- Bell County1
- Blanco County1
- Burnet County1
- Comanche County1
- Erath County1
- Gillespie County1
- Hays County1
- Hood County1
- Kendall County1
- Lampasas County1
- Llano County1
- Milam County1
- Mills County1
- Somervell County1
- Travis County1
- Williamson County1
- Borden County1
- Childress County1
- Garza County1
- Howard County1
- Terrell County1
- Denton County1
- Wise County1
- Collin County1
- Dallas County1
- Rockwall County1
- Tarrant County1
- Freestone County1
- Hill County1
- Limestone County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Navarro County1
- Sabine County1
- San Augustine County1
- Dimmit County1
- Frio County1
- Maverick County1
- Medina County1
- Uvalde County1
- Zavala County1
Nearby
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.