Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches

Tornado Watches in Texas, 2013

23 tornado watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
23
Busiest month
May10 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 29, 20133 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 12, 5:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie7 hr
Jan 12, 11:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby5 hr
Jan 29, 4:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHardeman, Wilbarger7 hr
Jan 29, 10:59 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Delta, Fannin and 18 more8 hr
Jan 29, 5:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more8 hr
Feb 10, 1:33 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 22 more6 hr
Feb 10, 6:58 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Grimes, Houston, Jasper, Madison and 12 more7 hr
Feb 21, 1:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Tyler5 hr
Feb 25, 12:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby10 hr
Apr 15, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Grayson, Jack and 6 more6 hr
Apr 17, 1:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more10 hr
May 15, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Clay, Coleman, Collin and 33 more8 hr
May 18, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Childress, Clay and 22 more8 hr
May 20, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Wichita9 hr
May 20, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Collin and 33 more8 hr
May 21, 10:26 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Bell, Bosque, Brown and 58 more10 hr
May 21, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more8 hr
May 23, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe and 54 more8 hr
May 29, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 16 more11 hr
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Coke, Coleman and 33 more5 hr
May 30, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson and 12 more6 hr
Oct 31, 7:32 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange6 hr
Dec 21, 9:46 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers and 33 more8 hr

By county

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

161 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 29, 20133tornado watches
  2. February 10, 20132tornado watches
  3. May 20, 20132tornado watches
  4. May 21, 20132tornado watches
  5. May 29, 20132tornado watches
  6. January 12, 20131tornado watches
  7. January 13, 20131tornado watches
  8. February 21, 20131tornado watches
  9. February 25, 20131tornado watches
  10. April 15, 20131tornado watches
  11. April 17, 20131tornado watches
  12. May 15, 20131tornado watches

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20122014

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.