Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches / 2002
Tornado Watches in Texas, September 2002
4 tornado watches in September 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 September 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- September 7, 20024 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Austin County4
- Colorado County4
- Fort Bend County4
- Galveston County4
- Harris County4
- Liberty County4
- Brazoria County3
- Chambers County3
- Jackson County3
- Waller County3
- Wharton County3
- Hardin County2
- Jefferson County2
- Matagorda County2
- Orange County2
- Fayette County2
- Lavaca County2
- Montgomery County2
- Victoria County1
- Atascosa County1
- Bexar County1
- DeWitt County1
- Gonzales County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Karnes County1
- Wilson County1
- Brazos County1
- Burleson County1
- Grimes County1
- Lee County1
- Milam County1
- Robertson County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Walker County1
- Washington County1
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.