Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches / 2008

Tornado Watches in Texas, May 2008

22 tornado watches in May 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest day
May 14, 20084 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:49 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 10 more6 hr
May 6, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Dawson and 15 more7 hr
May 6, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Coke and 45 more4 hr
May 7, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 13 more6 hr
May 7, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Ellis, Falls, Freestone, Henderson and 9 more6 hr
May 7, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 18 more8 hr
May 10, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Delta, Fannin and 16 more10 hr
May 10, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Coryell, Dallas and 20 more5 hr
May 13, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 48 more9 hr
May 14, 1:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards and 12 more6 hr
May 14, 7:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 28 more7 hr
May 14, 12:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Crane, Dawson and 22 more6 hr
May 14, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman and 37 more7 hr
May 14, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBastrop, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell and 30 more6 hr
May 15, 1:16 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Camp, Cass and 29 more6 hr
May 15, 4:16 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Orange7 hr
May 22, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle and 14 more7 hr
May 23, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCollingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree and 2 more8 hr
May 25, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 9 more5 hr
May 25, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more7 hr
May 26, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley and 9 more6 hr
May 26, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hall, Hemphill and 4 more7 hr

By county

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

175 more counties

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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.