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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, May 2026

21 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
21
Busiest day
May 9, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell and 17 more2 hr
May 8, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more9 hr
May 8, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 10 more5 hr
May 9, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle and 8 more8 hr
May 10, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Borden, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 45 more9 hr
May 10, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more8 hr
May 10, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 24 more7 hr
May 14, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 42 more6 hr
May 15, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 41 more6 hr
May 15, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger3 hr
May 19, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCConcho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Irion, Kerr and 14 more7 hr
May 19, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 20 more7 hr
May 20, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Terrell6 hr
May 21, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDallam, Hansford, Hartley, Moore, Sherman8 hr
May 22, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 15 more6 hr
May 23, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 27 more6 hr
May 26, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Concho, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards and 19 more7 hr
May 26, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Bexar, Brooks, Calhoun and 26 more12 hr
May 26, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Jackson, Matagorda and 3 more5 hr
May 29, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 42 more5 hr
May 30, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, Hemphill and 2 more2 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.