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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2000

60 tornado watches in 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
60
Busiest month
March16 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 7, 20003 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 27, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Fort Bend, Goliad and 6 more4 hr
Feb 17, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Foard and 5 more6 hr
Feb 18, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus5 hr
Feb 22, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 34 more6 hr
Feb 24, 4:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Borden, Callahan, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 30 more7 hr
Feb 25, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Coke, Cottle, Dickens and 29 more5 hr
Feb 25, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie6 hr
Mar 2, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Archer, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Comanche and 29 more6 hr
Mar 7, 12:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson and 33 more5 hr
Mar 7, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Brown, Callahan, Childress, Coke, Coleman and 33 more6 hr
Mar 7, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin and 7 more6 hr
Mar 10, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazoria, Brazos and 43 more6 hr
Mar 22, 1:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 23 more5 hr
Mar 22, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards and 18 more6 hr
Mar 22, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 11 more5 hr
Mar 22, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards and 18 more6 hr
Mar 22, 9:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Eastland, Fisher and 14 more4 hr
Mar 23, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCallahan, Coke, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Glasscock and 15 more6 hr
Mar 26, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 21 more6 hr
Mar 28, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 22 more7 hr
Mar 28, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet and 18 more5 hr
Mar 29, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCamp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 11 more7 hr
Mar 31, 4:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Jeff Davis and 11 more6 hr
Apr 2, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 11 more6 hr
Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 4 more6 hr
Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Brewster, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 29 more5 hr
Apr 15, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Knox and 4 more5 hr
Apr 23, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins and 9 more6 hr
Apr 23, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCNacogdoches, Panola, Shelby6 hr
Apr 23, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine6 hr
Apr 29, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Coke and 34 more7 hr
Apr 30, 12:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more6 hr
Apr 30, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens and 13 more6 hr
Apr 30, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Jack, Montague and 4 more3 hr
May 3, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Comanche, Coryell and 30 more7 hr
May 12, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Burnet, Camp and 34 more4 hr
May 18, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCollin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 9 more7 hr
May 24, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 13 more6 hr
May 24, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCWilbarger5 hr
May 25, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Borden, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson and 18 more5 hr
May 25, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray and 13 more6 hr
May 26, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Clay and 28 more6 hr
May 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 13 more6 hr
May 27, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Callahan, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 17 more6 hr
Jun 13, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts6 hr
Oct 28, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 25 more5 hr
Oct 28, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Bandera, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan and 54 more6 hr
Oct 28, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley and 10 more5 hr
Oct 28, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Comanche and 31 more5 hr
Oct 31, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCHansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts7 hr
Oct 31, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro and 26 more5 hr
Nov 5, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 35 more6 hr
Nov 5, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria and 47 more6 hr
Nov 6, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange5 hr
Nov 8, 12:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin and 9 more6 hr
Nov 8, 6:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 6 more6 hr
Nov 12, 1:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 28 more6 hr
Nov 12, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bee, Brazoria and 36 more6 hr
Nov 23, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 35 more6 hr
Nov 23, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Burleson and 24 more6 hr

By county

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

200 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 7, 20003tornado watches
  2. March 22, 20003tornado watches
  3. March 23, 20003tornado watches
  4. May 25, 20003tornado watches
  5. October 28, 20003tornado watches
  6. February 25, 20002tornado watches
  7. March 29, 20002tornado watches
  8. April 2, 20002tornado watches
  9. April 24, 20002tornado watches
  10. April 30, 20002tornado watches
  11. May 27, 20002tornado watches
  12. October 31, 20002tornado watches

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. Rebuilt daily.