Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, August 2026
5 severe thunderstorm watches in August 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 August 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- August 7, 20261 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 6, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Hartley | 7 hr |
| Aug 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dallam County3
- Hartley County3
- Hansford County2
- Hemphill County2
- Hutchinson County2
- Moore County2
- Ochiltree County2
- Roberts County2
- Sherman County2
- Lipscomb County1
- Angelina County1
- Jasper County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Newton County1
- Panola County1
- Rusk County1
- Sabine County1
- San Augustine County1
- Shelby County1
- Tyler County1
- Armstrong County1
- Briscoe County1
- Carson County1
- Castro County1
- Childress County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Deaf Smith County1
- Donley County1
- Gray County1
- Hall County1
- Oldham County1
- Potter County1
- Randall County1
- Swisher County1
- Wheeler County1
- Bowie County1
- Camp County1
- Cass County1
- Franklin County1
- Morris County1
2 more counties
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.