Tornado Watches in Texas
1,438 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 1,438
- Busiest year
- 199783 tornado watches
- Average year
- 48over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sabine County243
- Harrison County238
- Shelby County235
- Marion County234
- San Augustine County233
- Bowie County231
- Cass County230
- Panola County230
- Clay County226
- Rusk County226
- Jasper County225
- Newton County225
- Wichita County224
- Gregg County219
- Morris County219
- Nacogdoches County219
- Angelina County218
- Titus County217
- Archer County216
- Red River County213
- Franklin County212
- Smith County212
- Baylor County211
- Camp County211
- Upshur County211
- Wilbarger County211
- Hardin County209
- Cherokee County208
- Tyler County203
- Wood County203
- Montague County194
- Grayson County192
- Cooke County191
- Fannin County190
- Foard County190
- Knox County190
- Orange County190
- Hardeman County188
- Hunt County187
- Jack County187
214 more counties
- Wise County187
- Lamar County184
- Hopkins County182
- Jefferson County181
- Kaufman County181
- Delta County178
- Liberty County178
- Palo Pinto County178
- Rains County178
- Young County178
- Collin County177
- Denton County176
- Van Zandt County175
- Childress County173
- Shackelford County173
- Throckmorton County172
- Henderson County171
- Parker County171
- Anderson County170
- Polk County170
- Rockwall County169
- San Jacinto County167
- Collingsworth County166
- Haskell County166
- Trinity County166
- Montgomery County165
- Navarro County165
- Stephens County165
- Callahan County164
- Dallas County164
- Ellis County164
- Freestone County164
- Hall County164
- Jones County164
- King County164
- Cottle County163
- Taylor County162
- Erath County159
- Tarrant County158
- Houston County157
- Motley County157
- Walker County157
- Chambers County156
- Hill County156
- Limestone County156
- Hood County155
- Leon County155
- Stonewall County155
- Harris County154
- Johnson County154
- Somervell County154
- Dickens County153
- Grimes County153
- Nolan County153
- Donley County152
- Eastland County152
- Madison County152
- Wheeler County152
- Bosque County151
- Fisher County151
- McLennan County150
- Falls County149
- Comanche County148
- Hamilton County147
- Coleman County146
- Hemphill County146
- Robertson County145
- Brazos County144
- Coryell County144
- Kent County144
- Runnels County144
- Gray County143
- Lipscomb County143
- Lampasas County141
- Briscoe County139
- Brown County138
- Milam County138
- Coke County137
- Waller County137
- Washington County137
- Bell County136
- Floyd County136
- Burleson County135
- Fort Bend County135
- Austin County134
- Mills County134
- Tom Green County134
- Roberts County132
- Ochiltree County131
- Crosby County130
- Garza County130
- Concho County129
- Galveston County127
- Brazoria County125
- McCulloch County125
- Armstrong County123
- Mitchell County123
- Carson County122
- Colorado County122
- Wharton County122
- Irion County121
- Sterling County121
- San Saba County120
- Scurry County120
- Hutchinson County113
- Schleicher County109
- Howard County108
- Williamson County108
- Fayette County107
- Lee County107
- Sutton County107
- Menard County106
- Crockett County105
- Glasscock County104
- Hansford County104
- Borden County103
- Burnet County103
- Reagan County103
- Matagorda County101
- Swisher County101
- Hale County100
- Jackson County100
- Bastrop County99
- Travis County99
- Caldwell County97
- Kimble County97
- Lubbock County97
- Randall County97
- Blanco County96
- Hays County96
- Lavaca County95
- Potter County95
- Lynn County94
- Martin County94
- Mason County93
- Upton County93
- Val Verde County93
- Edwards County91
- Llano County91
- Gillespie County90
- Kendall County88
- Midland County88
- Comal County86
- Dawson County86
- Gonzales County85
- Kerr County85
- DeWitt County84
- Lamb County84
- Moore County84
- Hockley County83
- Real County83
- Crane County82
- Andrews County81
- Terry County81
- Castro County80
- Guadalupe County80
- Terrell County80
- Ector County79
- Gaines County79
- Sherman County79
- Bandera County77
- Victoria County77
- Deaf Smith County76
- Oldham County74
- Pecos County74
- Bexar County73
- Wilson County73
- Karnes County72
- Uvalde County72
- Kinney County71
- Medina County70
- Cochran County69
- Bailey County68
- Yoakum County68
- Goliad County67
- Parmer County67
- Hartley County63
- Atascosa County62
- Calhoun County62
- Frio County61
- Refugio County61
- Bee County58
- Winkler County56
- Ward County55
- Dallam County54
- Live Oak County53
- Zavala County51
- McMullen County48
- Aransas County47
- San Patricio County47
- Maverick County46
- Reeves County44
- Loving County43
- Nueces County41
- Jim Wells County38
- La Salle County38
- Dimmit County37
- Duval County36
- Kleberg County34
- Webb County31
- Brewster County29
- Brooks County24
- Jeff Davis County22
- Kenedy County22
- Willacy County21
- Hidalgo County20
- Cameron County19
- Culberson County18
- Jim Hogg County15
- Presidio County15
- Starr County13
- Zapata County11
- Hudspeth County5
- El Paso County2
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Lipscomb | 8 hr |
| May 18, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 4 hr |
| May 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jasper, Newton, Sabine | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Houston, Leon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Bosque, Callahan, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 30 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Jack, Montague and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Cooke, Delta and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 7 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.