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Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2013
137 tornado warnings in 2013. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 137
- Busiest month
- May87 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 16, 201314 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 35 min |
| Feb 10, 5:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon, Limestone | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 3:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Webb | 30 min |
| Feb 18, 1:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 1:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 29 min |
| Feb 18, 2:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto | 25 min |
| Feb 18, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Panola, Rusk | 32 min |
| Feb 18, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 45 min |
| Feb 18, 5:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 6:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola | 46 min |
| Feb 18, 6:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Shelby | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto | 49 min |
| Mar 9, 7:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason, Menard | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 8:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 9:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Frio | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Briscoe | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 27 min |
| Apr 2, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 31 min |
| Apr 29, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio | 43 min |
| Apr 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | La Salle, McMullen | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 39 min |
| May 9, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 32 min |
| May 9, 3:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels, Taylor | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 36 min |
| May 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kerr, Real | 44 min |
| May 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 56 min |
| May 9, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 51 min |
| May 10, 10:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 37 min |
| May 10, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 25 min |
| May 11, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Zapata | 37 min |
| May 15, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 50 min |
| May 15, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 43 min |
| May 15, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Parker | 51 min |
| May 15, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague, Wise | 49 min |
| May 15, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Clay | 14 min |
| May 15, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton, Mills | 61 min |
| May 15, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 47 min |
| May 15, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 62 min |
| May 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood | 50 min |
| May 15, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson, Parker, Tarrant | 40 min |
| May 15, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson | 52 min |
| May 15, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 48 min |
| May 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Tarrant | 43 min |
| May 15, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 47 min |
| May 15, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 44 min |
| May 15, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 22 min |
| May 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 45 min |
| May 15, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 45 min |
| May 16, 12:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman, Navarro | 32 min |
| May 16, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 31 min |
| May 17, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 47 min |
| May 17, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens, Young | 45 min |
| May 20, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Clay | 64 min |
| May 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 34 min |
| May 20, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 25 min |
| May 20, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 24 min |
| May 20, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Clay | 39 min |
| May 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 37 min |
| May 20, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 50 min |
| May 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 63 min |
| May 20, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 34 min |
| May 20, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Mills | 46 min |
| May 20, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 61 min |
| May 20, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 31 min |
| May 20, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 53 min |
| May 20, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Hamilton, Mills | 46 min |
| May 20, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 61 min |
| May 20, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 24 min |
| May 20, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell, Hamilton | 36 min |
| May 21, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 29 min |
| May 21, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 35 min |
| May 21, 11:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 23, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 22 min |
| May 23, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd, Motley | 25 min |
| May 23, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 46 min |
| May 23, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall | 26 min |
| May 23, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens, Kent, King, Stonewall | 32 min |
| May 23, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher | 38 min |
| May 23, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos | 34 min |
| May 23, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos | 34 min |
| May 25, 6:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar, Comal | 24 min |
| May 25, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Live Oak | 44 min |
| May 25, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 43 min |
| May 25, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Karnes | 35 min |
| May 25, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Victoria | 32 min |
| May 25, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Victoria | 35 min |
| May 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Goliad, Refugio | 37 min |
| May 25, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Goliad, Victoria | 36 min |
| May 25, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Goliad, Refugio | 46 min |
| May 28, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Parmer | 32 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 48 min |
| May 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 45 min |
| May 28, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 31 min |
| May 28, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 30 min |
| May 28, 11:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 32 min |
| May 29, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 44 min |
| May 29, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 46 min |
| May 29, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 23 min |
| May 29, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hall | 14 min |
| May 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 30 min |
| May 29, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 65 min |
| May 29, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 60 min |
| May 29, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague, Wise | 37 min |
| May 30, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 28 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Montague | 30 min |
| Jun 1, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk | 23 min |
| Jun 14, 10:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 9:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Victoria | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lubbock | 21 min |
| Sep 20, 8:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 26 min |
| Oct 21, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio, San Patricio | 39 min |
| Oct 21, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 53 min |
| Oct 21, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 58 min |
| Oct 21, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 3:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan | 21 min |
| Oct 26, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 29 min |
| Oct 30, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 9:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Orange | 32 min |
| Nov 21, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Refugio County8
- Montague County8
- Hamilton County8
- Brown County7
- Deaf Smith County7
- Panola County6
- Comanche County6
- San Jacinto County5
- San Patricio County5
- Mills County5
- Johnson County5
- Oldham County5
- Montgomery County4
- Polk County4
- Rusk County4
- Bee County4
- Victoria County4
- Liberty County3
- Shelby County3
- Kimble County3
- Terrell County3
- Parker County3
- Wise County3
- Clay County3
- Coryell County3
- Floyd County3
- Motley County3
- Dickens County3
- Goliad County3
- Gray County3
- Donley County3
- Limestone County2
- Walker County2
- Nacogdoches County2
- Mason County2
- Harrison County2
- Nueces County2
- Taylor County2
- Gillespie County2
- Brazoria County2
75 more counties
- Hood County2
- Tarrant County2
- Dallas County2
- Ellis County2
- Stephens County2
- Young County2
- Cooke County2
- Kent County2
- King County2
- Stonewall County2
- Brewster County2
- Pecos County2
- DeWitt County2
- Karnes County2
- Potter County2
- Randall County2
- Wheeler County2
- Williamson County1
- Freestone County1
- Leon County1
- Duval County1
- Webb County1
- Gregg County1
- Menard County1
- Marion County1
- Frio County1
- Briscoe County1
- Wichita County1
- Wilbarger County1
- La Salle County1
- McMullen County1
- Nolan County1
- Runnels County1
- Houston County1
- Trinity County1
- Edwards County1
- Kerr County1
- Real County1
- Fort Bend County1
- Galveston County1
- Zapata County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Jack County1
- Hill County1
- Kaufman County1
- Navarro County1
- Bowie County1
- Grimes County1
- Crosby County1
- Fisher County1
- Jeff Davis County1
- Bexar County1
- Comal County1
- Live Oak County1
- Parmer County1
- Hall County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Hemphill County1
- Andrews County1
- Uvalde County1
- Hockley County1
- Reeves County1
- Hansford County1
- Sherman County1
- Hale County1
- Lubbock County1
- Kinney County1
- Val Verde County1
- Aransas County1
- Kleberg County1
- Callahan County1
- Eastland County1
- Newton County1
- Calhoun County1
- Orange County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Rebuilt daily.