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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2012

34 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
34
Busiest month
March8 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 25, 20124 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, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco and 33 more5 hr
Jan 25, 3:17 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee and 67 more11 hr
Jan 25, 7:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches and 8 more7 hr
Jan 25, 2:08 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCJefferson, Orange7 hr
Feb 3, 2:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Hardeman, Wheeler, Wilbarger8 hr
Feb 3, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson, Jack and 7 more8 hr
Mar 11, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Chambers, Galveston, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison and 16 more7 hr
Mar 18, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 31 more7 hr
Mar 18, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBriscoe, Crosby, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hall and 6 more4 hr
Mar 19, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman and 42 more7 hr
Mar 19, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 26 more7 hr
Mar 19, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 30 more9 hr
Mar 20, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 3 more7 hr
Mar 20, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange4 hr
Apr 3, 12:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Coryell, Dallas and 30 more9 hr
Apr 3, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Brazos, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 23 more7 hr
Apr 9, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger8 hr
Apr 11, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more7 hr
Apr 13, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFoard, Hardeman, Wichita, Wilbarger8 hr
Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCCollingsworth, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler9 hr
Apr 30, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley and 12 more7 hr
Apr 30, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Wichita, Wilbarger4 hr
May 10, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron and 27 more8 hr
May 10, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell and 48 more9 hr
May 11, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 11 more6 hr
May 30, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dickens and 15 more5 hr
May 30, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 27 more6 hr
Jun 3, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts3 hr
Oct 12, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro and 25 more8 hr
Oct 13, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Cooke, Eastland and 20 more8 hr
Oct 17, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 4 more8 hr
Nov 11, 12:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 19 more6 hr
Dec 19, 7:36 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar, Red River6 hr
Dec 25, 9:17 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes and 16 more8 hr

By county

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

193 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 25, 20124tornado watches
  2. March 19, 20123tornado watches
  3. February 3, 20122tornado watches
  4. March 20, 20122tornado watches
  5. April 3, 20122tornado watches
  6. May 30, 20122tornado watches
  7. March 11, 20121tornado watches
  8. March 18, 20121tornado watches
  9. March 21, 20121tornado watches
  10. April 9, 20121tornado watches
  11. April 11, 20121tornado watches
  12. April 13, 20121tornado watches

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.