Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches / 2008
Tornado Watches in Texas, December 2008
5 tornado watches in December 2008. 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 December 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- December 9, 20083 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 11:31 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:11 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange | 9 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:02 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass and 50 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bowie County3
- Camp County3
- Cass County3
- Cherokee County3
- Franklin County3
- Gregg County3
- Harrison County3
- Marion County3
- Morris County3
- Red River County3
- Rusk County3
- Smith County3
- Titus County3
- Upshur County3
- Wood County3
- Anderson County2
- Bell County2
- Delta County2
- Ellis County2
- Falls County2
- Fannin County2
- Freestone County2
- Henderson County2
- Hill County2
- Hopkins County2
- Hunt County2
- Kaufman County2
- Lamar County2
- Leon County2
- Limestone County2
- McLennan County2
- Milam County2
- Navarro County2
- Rains County2
- Robertson County2
- Rockwall County2
- Van Zandt County2
- Panola County2
- Angelina County1
- Nacogdoches County1
33 more counties
- Sabine County1
- San Augustine County1
- Shelby County1
- Jasper County1
- Jefferson County1
- Newton County1
- Orange County1
- Archer County1
- Baylor County1
- Clay County1
- Foard County1
- Hardeman County1
- Knox County1
- Wichita County1
- Wilbarger County1
- Bosque County1
- Collin County1
- Comanche County1
- Cooke County1
- Coryell County1
- Dallas County1
- Denton County1
- Erath County1
- Grayson County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hood County1
- Johnson County1
- Lampasas County1
- Mills County1
- Parker County1
- Somervell County1
- Tarrant County1
- Wise 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.