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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2001
56 tornado watches in 2001. 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 2001. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 56
- Busiest month
- May15 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 11, 20016 tornado watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 9, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fannin, Lamar, Red River | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Harrison, Marion, Panola | 6 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coke, Crockett, Edwards, Irion, Nolan, Reagan and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Hall, Hardeman, Hemphill and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Bosque, Brown, Clay, Collin, Comanche and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Franklin, Gregg and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Cooke, Delta and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Coke, Crockett, Fisher and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Montague and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dickens and 13 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bandera, Brown, Concho, Dimmit, Edwards, Gillespie and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bosque, Clay, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas and 14 more | 4 hr |
| May 5, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, King and 3 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 25 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Duval, Frio and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 22 more | 7 hr |
| May 19, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Foard and 10 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Castro, Childress, Coke and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 24 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 35 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 1:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Foard, Hardeman, Wheeler and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar, Montague, Red River | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hall and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 11, 8:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Newton | 5 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bandera, Burnet, Coryell, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bandera, Burnet, Coryell, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Camp, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 12, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 13, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado, Fort Bend and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 15, 11:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 15, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 23, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Collin, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 26, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cass, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Chambers, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 26, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Sabine, San Augustine | 5 hr |
| Nov 27, 12:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Chambers, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 27, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson | 5 hr |
| Dec 13, 12:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Brazos, Cherokee, Freestone, Gregg and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 16, 6:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Chambers, Cherokee, Gregg, Grimes and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 16, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange and 1 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County15
- Montague County12
- Archer County11
- Cooke County11
- Grayson County11
- Jack County11
- Lamar County11
- Baylor County10
- Young County10
- Fannin County10
- Collin County9
- Denton County9
- Palo Pinto County9
- Wichita County9
- Wise County9
- Hunt County9
- Childress County9
- Chambers County9
- Jefferson County9
- Brown County8
- Parker County8
- Stephens County8
- Red River County8
- Delta County8
- Collingsworth County8
- Hall County8
- Foard County8
- Wilbarger County8
- Hardin County8
- Jasper County8
- San Augustine County8
- Newton County8
- Sabine County8
- Callahan County7
- Coleman County7
- Comanche County7
- Dallas County7
- Eastland County7
- Erath County7
- Hood County7
190 more counties
- Runnels County7
- Tarrant County7
- Gregg County7
- Marion County7
- Harrison County7
- Panola County7
- Briscoe County7
- Floyd County7
- Motley County7
- Swisher County7
- Wheeler County7
- Cottle County7
- Knox County7
- Hardeman County7
- Orange County7
- Bosque County6
- Johnson County6
- Throckmorton County6
- Kaufman County6
- Rockwall County6
- Franklin County6
- Hopkins County6
- Rusk County6
- Gray County6
- Hale County6
- Hemphill County6
- Lipscomb County6
- Haskell County6
- McCulloch County6
- Mills County6
- San Saba County6
- Angelina County6
- Harris County6
- Liberty County6
- Tyler County6
- Shackelford County5
- Somervell County5
- Taylor County5
- Ellis County5
- Hamilton County5
- Hill County5
- Bowie County5
- Camp County5
- Cass County5
- Morris County5
- Smith County5
- Titus County5
- Armstrong County5
- Carson County5
- Castro County5
- Crosby County5
- Dickens County5
- Donley County5
- Garza County5
- Hutchinson County5
- Kent County5
- Lamb County5
- Ochiltree County5
- Potter County5
- Randall County5
- Roberts County5
- King County5
- Edwards County5
- Kimble County5
- Menard County5
- Bandera County5
- Gillespie County5
- Llano County5
- Medina County5
- Uvalde County5
- Cherokee County5
- Montgomery County5
- Polk County5
- San Jacinto County5
- Shelby County5
- Henderson County4
- Rains County4
- Upshur County4
- Van Zandt County4
- Wood County4
- Hansford County4
- Lubbock County4
- Lynn County4
- Moore County4
- Sherman County4
- Stonewall County4
- Coke County4
- Nolan County4
- Jones County4
- Coryell County4
- Lampasas County4
- Kerr County4
- Kinney County4
- Mason County4
- Real County4
- Burnet County4
- Comal County4
- Hays County4
- Kendall County4
- Travis County4
- Atascosa County4
- Bexar County4
- Austin County4
- Colorado County4
- Galveston County4
- Houston County4
- Madison County4
- Nacogdoches County4
- Trinity County4
- Fisher County3
- Mitchell County3
- Schleicher County3
- Sterling County3
- Sutton County3
- Tom Green County3
- Concho County3
- Bell County3
- McLennan County3
- Parmer County3
- Blanco County3
- Limestone County3
- Navarro County3
- Williamson County3
- Frio County3
- Live Oak County3
- McMullen County3
- Nueces County3
- Anderson County3
- Brazos County3
- Freestone County3
- Grimes County3
- Jackson County3
- Leon County3
- Robertson County3
- Walker County3
- Waller County3
- Washington County3
- Wharton County3
- Bastrop County3
- Caldwell County3
- DeWitt County3
- Fayette County3
- Gonzales County3
- Guadalupe County3
- Karnes County3
- Wilson County3
- Lavaca County3
- Cochran County2
- Hockley County2
- Terry County2
- Yoakum County2
- Borden County2
- Howard County2
- Scurry County2
- Crockett County2
- Irion County2
- Reagan County2
- Val Verde County2
- Bailey County2
- Dimmit County2
- Maverick County2
- Zavala County2
- Falls County2
- Jim Wells County2
- Dallam County2
- Deaf Smith County2
- Hartley County2
- Oldham County2
- Brazoria County2
- Burleson County2
- Calhoun County2
- Fort Bend County2
- Aransas County2
- Bee County2
- Goliad County2
- Refugio County2
- San Patricio County2
- Victoria County2
- Dawson County1
- Glasscock County1
- Martin County1
- Midland County1
- Upton County1
- Duval County1
- La Salle County1
- Webb County1
- Matagorda County1
- Lee County1
- Milam County1
- Kleberg 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.