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Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2016

221 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
221
Busiest month
May82 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 29, 201614 tornado warnings

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

47 of 221 tornado warnings covering Texas in 2016 had a tornado report inside them; 79 of 117 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 15 minutes after it went out.

Texas, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings2214779%11768%15 min

Each office's whole area, 2016

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX: tornado warnings23291%771%12 min
NWS Lake Charles, LA: tornado warnings31294%1020%8 min
NWS Shreveport, LA: tornado warnings781186%2080%14 min
NWS Fort Worth, TX: tornado warnings37392%650%4 min
NWS Austin/San Antonio, TX: tornado warnings8188%1100%1 min
NWS Corpus Christi, TX: tornado warnings18478%757%19 min
NWS Lubbock, TX: tornado warnings10550%1479%21 min
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX: tornado warnings27774%1182%19 min
NWS El Paso, TX: tornado warnings40100%10%
NWS Norman, OK: tornado warnings631576%3077%16 min
NWS San Angelo, TX: tornado warnings20765%1155%15 min
NWS Brownsville, TX: tornado warnings4250%250%15 min
NWS Amarillo, TX: tornado warnings291548%5072%13 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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
Jan 8, 7:41 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Jefferson23 min
Jan 8, 8:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHHardin, Jasper, Newton31 min
Jan 8, 8:45 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHNewton30 min
Jan 21, 12:02 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton43 min
Jan 21, 12:04 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Tyler25 min
Jan 21, 12:43 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton38 min
Feb 23, 6:58 AM CSTTornado WarningCRPBee, Refugio, San Patricio25 min
Feb 23, 7:17 AM CSTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston28 min
Mar 7, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDParker33 min
Mar 8, 4:21 AM CSTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Menard24 min
Mar 8, 7:46 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDHood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant29 min
Mar 8, 7:56 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDLampasas49 min
Mar 8, 8:26 AM CSTTornado WarningFWDCoryell, Lampasas34 min
Mar 8, 9:16 AM CSTTornado WarningEWXWilliamson29 min
Mar 8, 12:34 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDHenderson26 min
Mar 8, 12:52 PM CSTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt38 min
Mar 8, 1:44 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Upshur, Wood31 min
Mar 8, 7:02 PM CSTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton28 min
Mar 8, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVSabine, San Augustine27 min
Mar 8, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba27 min
Mar 8, 7:21 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTMcCulloch, Mason, San Saba24 min
Mar 8, 8:01 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXUvalde44 min
Mar 8, 8:04 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba26 min
Mar 8, 8:27 PM CSTTornado WarningSJTSan Saba33 min
Mar 8, 9:31 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXDimmit17 min
Mar 8, 10:37 PM CSTTornado WarningEWXFrio, Medina33 min
Mar 9, 5:41 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVSmith31 min
Mar 9, 8:18 AM CSTTornado WarningSHVSan Augustine, Shelby30 min
Mar 17, 5:43 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker21 min
Mar 17, 9:43 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSHVBowie, Red River32 min
Mar 23, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTarrant29 min
Mar 30, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSmith39 min
Mar 30, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Upshur, Wood47 min
Mar 30, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus and 1 more48 min
Mar 30, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJohnson15 min
Mar 30, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Titus, Upshur, Wood46 min
Apr 10, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNWichita45 min
Apr 10, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNClay, Wichita24 min
Apr 11, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNClay48 min
Apr 11, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJack, Montague, Wise46 min
Apr 11, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMontague, Wise27 min
Apr 11, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHopkins35 min
Apr 11, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Franklin, Upshur, Wood61 min
Apr 11, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton29 min
Apr 11, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Marion, Upshur40 min
Apr 11, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Marion53 min
Apr 11, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDRains, Van Zandt24 min
Apr 15, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam, Hartley25 min
Apr 15, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam, Sherman23 min
Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOldham39 min
Apr 15, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHartley15 min
Apr 16, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens, King13 min
Apr 16, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBDickens, King28 min
Apr 16, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher27 min
Apr 16, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCottle, Dickens, King, Motley32 min
Apr 16, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher32 min
Apr 16, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden, Howard, Mitchell, Scurry47 min
Apr 16, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher, Jones13 min
Apr 16, 7:50 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFScurry25 min
Apr 16, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan33 min
Apr 16, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTFisher, Nolan42 min
Apr 16, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNClay, Wichita29 min
Apr 17, 7:27 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDCoryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Mills33 min
Apr 17, 7:51 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton, Mills24 min
Apr 17, 8:15 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton, Mills30 min
Apr 17, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXAtascosa31 min
Apr 17, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle23 min
Apr 17, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle32 min
Apr 17, 7:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCRPLa Salle33 min
Apr 17, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPLa Salle, Webb32 min
Apr 17, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPWebb22 min
Apr 17, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPWebb29 min
Apr 18, 12:07 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery38 min
Apr 18, 3:13 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris32 min
Apr 18, 3:38 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris27 min
Apr 18, 4:52 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris23 min
Apr 18, 5:39 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXLiberty36 min
Apr 18, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPWebb35 min
Apr 18, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPWebb24 min
Apr 18, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPWebb31 min
Apr 20, 12:52 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto, Parker23 min
Apr 21, 3:29 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche, Erath, Hamilton31 min
Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXGalveston, Harris31 min
Apr 24, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston, Harris32 min
Apr 24, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXGalveston, Harris30 min
Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTHaskell23 min
Apr 26, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCooke44 min
Apr 26, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson32 min
Apr 26, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson18 min
Apr 26, 10:18 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDFannin, Grayson11 min
Apr 27, 4:36 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris, Montgomery24 min
Apr 27, 4:50 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXLiberty, Montgomery, San Jacinto25 min
Apr 27, 5:20 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXPolk, San Jacinto25 min
Apr 27, 5:54 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXLiberty21 min
Apr 29, 6:54 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb21 min
Apr 29, 4:19 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDGrayson26 min
Apr 29, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDGrayson32 min
Apr 29, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson36 min
Apr 29, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDVan Zandt41 min
Apr 29, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHenderson, Van Zandt39 min
Apr 29, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie37 min
Apr 29, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSmith29 min
Apr 29, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVSmith, Upshur, Wood33 min
Apr 29, 6:06 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSHVSmith, Upshur, Wood29 min
Apr 29, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque37 min
Apr 29, 6:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatSHVCamp, Upshur, Wood35 min
Apr 29, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Upshur, Wood9 min
Apr 29, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Morris, Titus, Upshur20 min
Apr 29, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCamp, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Upshur23 min
Apr 29, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk40 min
Apr 29, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Panola33 min
Apr 29, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Marion33 min
Apr 29, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVCass, Harrison, Marion37 min
Apr 30, 12:35 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison55 min
Apr 30, 12:58 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVHarrison, Marion47 min
Apr 30, 4:54 AM CDTTornado WarningSHVSabine, San Augustine49 min
Apr 30, 6:10 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton35 min
May 9, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDFannin, Lamar29 min
May 9, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar54 min
May 9, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar31 min
May 9, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River45 min
May 9, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar37 min
May 9, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar27 min
May 9, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River47 min
May 9, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLamar16 min
May 9, 8:52 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Red River53 min
May 9, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVRed River48 min
May 9, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie45 min
May 9, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningSHVBowie45 min
May 11, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford33 min
May 14, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo, Willacy21 min
May 14, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningBROCameron, Hidalgo23 min
May 16, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam25 min
May 16, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam, Hartley38 min
May 16, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADallam, Sherman48 min
May 16, 6:11 PM CDTTornado WarningAMASherman35 min
May 16, 8:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAHemphill34 min
May 16, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHemphill16 min
May 17, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReagan, Upton31 min
May 17, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos, Upton24 min
May 17, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCrockett, Schleicher40 min
May 19, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazoria, Galveston35 min
May 22, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADonley26 min
May 22, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHall34 min
May 22, 6:22 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFHoward23 min
May 22, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHall37 min
May 22, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford, Ochiltree46 min
May 22, 6:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMAFGlasscock, Howard31 min
May 22, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree44 min
May 22, 6:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLUBChildress, Hall32 min
May 22, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock, Howard31 min
May 22, 7:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAOchiltree33 min
May 22, 7:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFGlasscock, Howard34 min
May 22, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree, Roberts50 min
May 22, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock32 min
May 22, 8:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMAHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts27 min
May 22, 8:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock33 min
May 22, 9:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFGlasscock35 min
May 22, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock34 min
May 23, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell32 min
May 23, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFTerrell28 min
May 23, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde40 min
May 23, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADonley, Gray30 min
May 23, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHall, Motley22 min
May 23, 9:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLUBHall, Motley31 min
May 23, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADonley21 min
May 23, 10:03 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatLUBHall16 min
May 24, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford, Hutchinson, Ochiltree, Roberts63 min
May 24, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong27 min
May 26, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos25 min
May 26, 1:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos26 min
May 26, 12:32 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Madison28 min
May 26, 12:55 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazos, Grimes, Madison35 min
May 26, 1:47 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXGrimes, Madison, Walker28 min
May 26, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Washington31 min
May 26, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXBrazos, Burleson, Grimes, Waller, Washington36 min
May 26, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXFayette32 min
May 26, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXAustin, Grimes, Waller, Washington31 min
May 26, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTCallahan, Shackelford44 min
May 26, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland, Stephens45 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman31 min
May 26, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTBrown, Callahan, Coleman30 min
May 26, 8:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedAMALipscomb17 min
May 26, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDComanche37 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNFoard27 min
May 27, 12:47 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXBastrop28 min
May 27, 2:36 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXBurleson, Washington24 min
May 27, 2:58 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXChambers, Harris12 min
May 28, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTKimble, Mason41 min
May 29, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOUNBaylor25 min
May 29, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTThrockmorton36 min
May 29, 8:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedSJTThrockmorton45 min
May 29, 8:20 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFWDYoung25 min
May 29, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningSJTShackelford25 min
May 31, 5:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCRPBee, Live Oak28 min
May 31, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee28 min
May 31, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg26 min
May 31, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPBee16 min
May 31, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg24 min
May 31, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningCRPKleberg19 min
May 31, 11:37 PM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo23 min
Jun 1, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningBROHidalgo28 min
Jun 1, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Upton24 min
Jun 13, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter25 min
Jun 13, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAMoore23 min
Jun 13, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACarson, Potter24 min
Jul 17, 8:26 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXGalveston34 min
Jul 19, 8:57 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCRPNueces33 min
Sep 15, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningEPZHudspeth32 min
Sep 17, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Winkler34 min
Sep 17, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews, Ector, Winkler33 min
Sep 17, 7:53 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMAFEctor37 min
Sep 17, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor, Midland27 min
Sep 17, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter34 min
Nov 4, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso27 min
Nov 4, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso25 min
Nov 4, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningEPZEl Paso26 min
Nov 7, 6:08 PM CSTTornado WarningCRPDuval, Jim Wells, Live Oak, McMullen36 min
Nov 29, 4:58 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVSabine32 min
Dec 3, 10:36 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHJefferson, Orange24 min
Dec 3, 10:59 AM CSTTornado WarningLCHJefferson, Orange31 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

109 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.