Tornado Watches in Texas, 2002

51 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches: 51
Busiest month: May15 tornado watches
Busiest day: September 7, 20024 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 23, 2:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Fannin, Grayson, Lamar	5 hr
Mar 19, 3:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 39 more	6 hr
Mar 30, 12:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Grimes, Hardin and 18 more	6 hr
Mar 30, 1:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bosque, Camp, Cherokee, Comanche, Dallas and 28 more	5 hr
Mar 30, 5:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Grimes, Hardin and 22 more	6 hr
Mar 30, 9:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 3 more	5 hr
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 27 more	6 hr
Apr 7, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Denton and 19 more	6 hr
Apr 7, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Frio, Gillespie and 9 more	5 hr
Apr 12, 11:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley and 17 more	6 hr
Apr 13, 5:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 13 more	5 hr
Apr 16, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Clay, Collin and 36 more	6 hr
Apr 16, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Camp, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Gregg, Henderson and 12 more	4 hr
Apr 17, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dickens and 13 more	5 hr
Apr 20, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Wichita	6 hr
May 4, 5:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 34 more	6 hr
May 4, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bell, Borden, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 31 more	5 hr
May 5, 4:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 19 more	6 hr
May 5, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 31 more	5 hr
May 5, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Childress, Collingsworth	4 hr
May 8, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Childress	6 hr
May 8, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Concho and 22 more	5 hr
May 10, 10:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more	4 hr
May 11, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Roberts	5 hr
May 24, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hall and 6 more	6 hr
May 24, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger	5 hr
May 27, 1:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Bandera, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 36 more	7 hr
May 27, 1:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 31 more	6 hr
May 27, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby and 13 more	5 hr
May 28, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Andrews, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Ector, Edwards and 13 more	6 hr
Jun 4, 2:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Floyd and 10 more	6 hr
Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 25 more	6 hr
Aug 12, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree	7 hr
Sep 6, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 9 more	5 hr
Sep 6, 11:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend and 10 more	8 hr
Sep 7, 6:15 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bexar, Brazoria, Colorado, DeWitt and 11 more	6 hr
Sep 7, 10:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado, Fayette and 16 more	5 hr
Oct 28, 8:15 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 8 more	6 hr
Dec 18, 1:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 13 more	8 hr
Dec 18, 8:55 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Houston and 8 more	6 hr
Dec 19, 12:30 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fort Bend and 17 more	7 hr
Dec 19, 2:25 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Trinity	8 hr
Dec 23, 5:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Brazos and 37 more	5 hr
Dec 23, 9:45 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 29 more	5 hr
Dec 23, 2:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers and 31 more	6 hr
Dec 23, 7:10 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Brazoria and 49 more	8 hr
Dec 30, 12:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 21 more	6 hr
Dec 30, 1:30 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Camp, Collin, Cooke and 33 more	6 hr
Dec 30, 2:50 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more	6 hr
Dec 30, 3:20 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Chambers and 29 more	6 hr
Dec 30, 8:55 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton and 2 more	5 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.

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.