Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches / 2003
Tornado Watches in Texas, February 2003
3 tornado watches in February 2003. 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 February 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- February 21, 20033 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Calhoun, Colorado and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 9:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches and 5 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Austin County2
- Brazoria County2
- Brazos County2
- Burleson County2
- Colorado County2
- Fort Bend County2
- Grimes County2
- Harris County2
- Jackson County2
- Liberty County2
- Matagorda County2
- Montgomery County2
- San Jacinto County2
- Waller County2
- Washington County2
- Wharton County2
- Angelina County2
- Chambers County2
- Hardin County2
- Jasper County2
- Jefferson County2
- Newton County2
- Orange County2
- Sabine County2
- San Augustine County2
- Tyler County2
- Calhoun County1
- Fayette County1
- Lavaca County1
- Refugio County1
- Victoria County1
- Galveston County1
- Madison County1
- Polk County1
- Trinity County1
- Walker County1
- Nacogdoches 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.