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Tornado Warnings in Texas, 2018
180 tornado warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 180
- Busiest month
- October67 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 13, 201827 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lamar | 29 min |
| Jan 21, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 34 min |
| Jan 21, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Wood | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 8:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 24 min |
| Jan 21, 8:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Wood | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 8:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Franklin, Titus, Wood | 36 min |
| Jan 21, 8:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Franklin, Morris, Red River, Titus | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 9:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 10:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Rusk, Smith | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 11:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Panola, Rusk | 28 min |
| Mar 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | San Augustine, Shelby | 18 min |
| Mar 18, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | San Augustine, Shelby | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 4:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 15 min |
| Mar 28, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | McMullen | 34 min |
| Mar 29, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Refugio | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 1:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 21 min |
| Mar 29, 1:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 32 min |
| Mar 29, 1:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 28 min |
| Mar 29, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Calhoun, Refugio | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 2:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 17 min |
| Mar 29, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 19 min |
| Mar 29, 3:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 18 min |
| Apr 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine, Shelby | 6 min |
| Apr 6, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Morris, Red River, Titus | 19 min |
| Apr 6, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 19 min |
| Apr 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 21 min |
| Apr 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass | 14 min |
| Apr 6, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 13 min |
| Apr 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 10 min |
| Apr 6, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | San Augustine, Shelby | 19 min |
| Apr 7, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker | 22 min |
| Apr 7, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 25 min |
| Apr 13, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 21 min |
| May 2, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 36 min |
| May 3, 3:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jack, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young | 48 min |
| May 3, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 15 min |
| May 3, 5:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 18 min |
| May 3, 5:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 31 min |
| May 3, 5:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wichita, Wilbarger | 26 min |
| May 3, 5:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 16 min |
| May 4, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks | 31 min |
| May 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke | 28 min |
| May 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke | 16 min |
| May 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 33 min |
| May 17, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Scurry | 21 min |
| May 18, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 34 min |
| May 20, 8:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 27 min |
| May 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster | 32 min |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | San Saba | 24 min |
| May 25, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | San Saba | 38 min |
| May 25, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason | 49 min |
| May 25, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 45 min |
| May 28, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 43 min |
| May 28, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree, Roberts | 41 min |
| May 28, 11:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 20 min |
| May 29, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray, Wheeler | 44 min |
| May 29, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 40 min |
| May 30, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 9 min |
| Jun 1, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Mitchell | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton, Orange | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 5:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Cameron, Hidalgo | 46 min |
| Jun 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 26 min |
| Jun 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, Refugio | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 22 min |
| Aug 10, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Trinity, Walker | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 31 min |
| Oct 7, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 23 min |
| Oct 7, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 20 min |
| Oct 7, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Parmer | 52 min |
| Oct 7, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 22 min |
| Oct 7, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 19 min |
| Oct 7, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kerr, Real | 27 min |
| Oct 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Real | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real, Uvalde | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Real | 37 min |
| Oct 8, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 30 min |
| Oct 8, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 34 min |
| Oct 9, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 31 min |
| Oct 9, 12:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 35 min |
| Oct 9, 1:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 30 min |
| Oct 9, 3:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 34 min |
| Oct 9, 4:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 36 min |
| Oct 9, 5:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 42 min |
| Oct 9, 8:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, McLennan | 29 min |
| Oct 9, 9:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 44 min |
| Oct 9, 9:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 31 min |
| Oct 9, 9:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kerr | 20 min |
| Oct 9, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery, San Jacinto, Walker | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 6:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Irion, Tom Green | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 6:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 34 min |
| Oct 13, 7:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 14 min |
| Oct 13, 7:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 8:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 36 min |
| Oct 13, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard, Schleicher | 33 min |
| Oct 13, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, McCulloch | 37 min |
| Oct 13, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Eastland | 21 min |
| Oct 13, 10:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 43 min |
| Oct 13, 10:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 35 min |
| Oct 13, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch, San Saba | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 12:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 29 min |
| Oct 13, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Navarro | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson, Navarro | 48 min |
| Oct 13, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson, Henderson | 50 min |
| Oct 13, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone | 51 min |
| Oct 13, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Smith | 54 min |
| Oct 13, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone | 41 min |
| Oct 13, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 13 min |
| Oct 13, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone, Leon | 52 min |
| Oct 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 38 min |
| Oct 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola | 7 min |
| Oct 13, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 12 min |
| Oct 14, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Upshur, Wood | 39 min |
| Oct 14, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Upshur | 33 min |
| Oct 15, 8:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 32 min |
| Oct 31, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 28 min |
| Oct 31, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 18 min |
| Oct 31, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Waller | 15 min |
| Oct 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Fort Bend, Waller | 43 min |
| Oct 31, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Lee | 30 min |
| Oct 31, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 42 min |
| Oct 31, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lee | 33 min |
| Oct 31, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 31 min |
| Oct 31, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Burleson | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 33 min |
| Oct 31, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 23 min |
| Oct 31, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 49 min |
| Oct 31, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 14 min |
| Oct 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 52 min |
| Oct 31, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 27 min |
| Oct 31, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 26 min |
| Oct 31, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 17 min |
| Nov 5, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Sabine, Shelby | 24 min |
| Nov 7, 9:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 31 min |
| Nov 30, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Van Zandt | 41 min |
| Dec 26, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 25 min |
| Dec 26, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan | 24 min |
| Dec 26, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Camp, Morris, Titus, Upshur, Wood | 36 min |
| Dec 26, 11:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Morris, Red River, Titus and 1 more | 35 min |
| Dec 26, 11:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass, Morris | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 12:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Upshur | 50 min |
| Dec 27, 12:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 12:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 25 min |
| Dec 27, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Marion | 37 min |
| Dec 27, 1:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison | 38 min |
| Dec 27, 1:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Shelby | 32 min |
| Dec 27, 2:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola | 27 min |
| Dec 27, 4:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 13 min |
| Dec 27, 7:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bowie County11
- Cass County10
- Shelby County9
- Panola County9
- Morris County7
- Newton County7
- Jasper County7
- Navarro County6
- Harrison County6
- Marion County6
- Upshur County6
- Ochiltree County6
- Wood County5
- Titus County5
- San Augustine County5
- Harris County5
- Fort Bend County5
- Wilbarger County5
- Van Zandt County4
- Henderson County4
- Red River County4
- Sabine County4
- Rusk County4
- Hill County4
- San Patricio County4
- Crockett County4
- San Saba County4
- Real County4
- Tom Green County4
- Concho County4
- Kaufman County3
- Rains County3
- Gregg County3
- Refugio County3
- Aransas County3
- Montgomery County3
- Walker County3
- Borden County3
- Lipscomb County3
- Hansford County3
90 more counties
- Gray County3
- Wheeler County3
- McCulloch County3
- Ellis County3
- Austin County3
- Waller County3
- Hunt County2
- Franklin County2
- Cherokee County2
- Smith County2
- Bosque County2
- Nueces County2
- Calhoun County2
- Brazoria County2
- Galveston County2
- Coke County2
- Mason County2
- Roberts County2
- Orange County2
- Cameron County2
- Donley County2
- Deaf Smith County2
- Randall County2
- Kerr County2
- Edwards County2
- Uvalde County2
- Sterling County2
- Kinney County2
- McLennan County2
- Anderson County2
- Freestone County2
- Leon County2
- Nacogdoches County2
- Lee County2
- Hardin County2
- Camp County2
- Lamar County1
- Hopkins County1
- Caldwell County1
- McMullen County1
- Collin County1
- Burnet County1
- Grimes County1
- Jack County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Stephens County1
- Young County1
- Wichita County1
- Brooks County1
- Garza County1
- Kent County1
- Scurry County1
- Williamson County1
- Brewster County1
- Kimble County1
- Sherman County1
- Hemphill County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Childress County1
- Hall County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Carson County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Bee County1
- Houston County1
- Madison County1
- Trinity County1
- Castro County1
- Parmer County1
- Potter County1
- Val Verde County1
- Coryell County1
- Lampasas County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Irion County1
- Menard County1
- Schleicher County1
- Comanche County1
- Eastland County1
- Johnson County1
- Limestone County1
- Robertson County1
- Colorado County1
- Bastrop County1
- Burleson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Rockwall County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Callahan 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.