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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2016

27 tornado watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
27
Busiest month
May10 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 29, 20163 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 21, 11:48 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 8 more5 hr
Mar 8, 7:24 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 29 more8 hr
Mar 8, 12:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers and 34 more5 hr
Mar 13, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Cass5 hr
Mar 30, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 9 more7 hr
Apr 15, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley and 6 more7 hr
Apr 16, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 20 more9 hr
Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crane and 25 more7 hr
Apr 26, 2:32 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArcher, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 46 more9 hr
Apr 28, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBriscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 13 more5 hr
Apr 29, 1:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 35 more9 hr
Apr 29, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 10 more8 hr
Apr 29, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Wichita, Wilbarger8 hr
May 8, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more6 hr
May 9, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Cooke, Delta, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar and 1 more7 hr
May 9, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 8 more8 hr
May 16, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman3 hr
May 22, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 40 more9 hr
May 22, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoke, Crockett, Glasscock, Irion, Midland, Pecos and 7 more5 hr
May 23, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Brewster, Briscoe, Childress, Coke, Cottle and 37 more7 hr
May 23, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCollingsworth, Donley, Foard, Gray, Hardeman, Hemphill and 6 more8 hr
May 24, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 6 more9 hr
May 26, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more10 hr
Jun 13, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 2 more8 hr
Jun 13, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 17 more6 hr
Jun 14, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby and 10 more4 hr
Nov 28, 11:08 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHarrison, Jasper, Marion, Newton, Orange, Panola and 3 more6 hr

By county

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

146 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 29, 20163tornado watches
  2. March 8, 20162tornado watches
  3. April 16, 20162tornado watches
  4. May 22, 20162tornado watches
  5. May 23, 20162tornado watches
  6. June 13, 20162tornado watches
  7. January 21, 20161tornado watches
  8. March 13, 20161tornado watches
  9. March 30, 20161tornado watches
  10. April 15, 20161tornado watches
  11. April 26, 20161tornado watches
  12. April 28, 20161tornado 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.