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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2004

43 tornado watches in 2004. 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
43
Busiest month
May12 tornado watches
Busiest day
March 4, 20045 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 24, 5:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston and 21 more7 hr
Feb 5, 5:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Orange6 hr
Mar 4, 4:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more6 hr
Mar 4, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 34 more5 hr
Mar 4, 11:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 42 more5 hr
Mar 4, 2:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCooke6 hr
Mar 4, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta and 25 more6 hr
Apr 6, 7:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 20 more5 hr
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers and 20 more5 hr
Apr 19, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 27 more6 hr
Apr 19, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Ector and 11 more5 hr
Apr 22, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 5 more6 hr
Apr 23, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 33 more6 hr
Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCShelby6 hr
Apr 30, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 14 more8 hr
May 1, 3:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers and 25 more6 hr
May 1, 9:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 6 more5 hr
May 12, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHemphill, Lipscomb6 hr
May 13, 8:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell and 17 more6 hr
May 13, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fayette and 22 more6 hr
May 13, 12:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Concho, Eastland, Haskell and 14 more6 hr
May 13, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal and 21 more6 hr
May 26, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChildress6 hr
May 29, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChildress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hall and 6 more7 hr
May 30, 12:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 13 more6 hr
May 30, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta and 25 more5 hr
May 31, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 33 more6 hr
Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Bandera, Baylor, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 46 more6 hr
Jun 1, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 22 more5 hr
Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 10 more7 hr
Jun 12, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens and 12 more8 hr
Jun 12, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrewster, Callahan, Coke, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 19 more6 hr
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 15 more6 hr
Jun 17, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 26 more6 hr
Oct 5, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and 6 more4 hr
Nov 17, 10:05 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 12 more6 hr
Nov 22, 9:10 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Bexar, Caldwell, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt and 17 more5 hr
Nov 22, 1:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Bexar, Caldwell, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt and 16 more5 hr
Nov 22, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 22 more6 hr
Nov 23, 8:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 47 more6 hr
Nov 23, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado and 25 more5 hr
Nov 23, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazoria, Brazos and 42 more7 hr
Nov 23, 7:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 34 more6 hr

By county

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

196 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 4, 20045tornado watches
  2. May 13, 20044tornado watches
  3. November 23, 20044tornado watches
  4. April 6, 20042tornado watches
  5. April 19, 20042tornado watches
  6. May 1, 20042tornado watches
  7. May 30, 20042tornado watches
  8. June 1, 20042tornado watches
  9. June 12, 20042tornado watches
  10. November 22, 20042tornado watches
  11. January 24, 20041tornado watches
  12. February 5, 20041tornado watches

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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.