Tornado Watches in Texas, 1998

53 tornado watches in 1998. 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 in 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches: 53
Busiest month: May14 tornado watches
Busiest day: May 9, 19984 tornado watches

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
Jan 11, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 28 more	5 hr
Jan 21, 2:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazoria, Brazos and 40 more	6 hr
Feb 10, 10:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos and 37 more	6 hr
Feb 10, 1:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange	6 hr
Feb 21, 3:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brooks and 27 more	6 hr
Feb 21, 4:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Willacy	5 hr
Feb 25, 9:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar and 31 more	6 hr
Mar 7, 3:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler	6 hr
Mar 7, 8:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola and 5 more	5 hr
Mar 16, 1:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco and 34 more	6 hr
Mar 16, 5:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston and 11 more	5 hr
Mar 19, 1:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta and 22 more	6 hr
Mar 29, 11:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 10 more	6 hr
Mar 30, 1:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Montague	7 hr
Mar 30, 3:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Collin, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas and 24 more	5 hr
Mar 31, 12:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola and 5 more	4 hr
Apr 6, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dickens and 11 more	5 hr
Apr 6, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Clay, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 32 more	6 hr
Apr 14, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Knox, Montague, Wichita and 1 more	6 hr
Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 29 more	6 hr
Apr 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baylor, Borden, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher and 15 more	5 hr
May 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 21 more	6 hr
May 8, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Callahan and 42 more	7 hr
May 8, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 19 more	5 hr
May 8, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 25 more	6 hr
May 8, 9:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Comanche and 15 more	5 hr
May 9, 12:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 12 more	5 hr
May 9, 12:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bowie, Cass	6 hr
May 14, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley and 12 more	5 hr
May 15, 12:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baylor, Borden, Coke, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 25 more	5 hr
May 24, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Cottle, Dickens and 21 more	7 hr
May 25, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 25 more	6 hr
May 26, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock and 9 more	6 hr
May 26, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Concho and 22 more	5 hr
May 27, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 6 more	7 hr
Jun 4, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 24 more	6 hr
Jun 7, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Dallam, Hartley, Oldham	7 hr
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Deaf Smith, Ector and 11 more	7 hr
Jun 7, 9:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 17 more	5 hr
Jun 8, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hardeman, Wilbarger	6 hr
Jun 9, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fisher, Foard and 16 more	6 hr
Jun 9, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Collin, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson and 5 more	5 hr
Jun 13, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Wichita, Wilbarger	6 hr
Jun 17, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dickens and 11 more	7 hr
Jun 20, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Fisher, Foard, Hardeman and 12 more	7 hr
Sep 11, 4:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Austin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell and 29 more	9 hr
Oct 2, 2:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Callahan, Camp and 54 more	6 hr
Oct 2, 8:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Camp, Cass and 44 more	6 hr
Oct 4, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Wilbarger	5 hr
Oct 17, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burleson, Burnet and 37 more	6 hr
Oct 27, 5:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more	6 hr
Oct 30, 4:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Culberson and 18 more	6 hr
Nov 10, 1:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cass	6 hr

By county

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

205 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 1997 1999

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.