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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2019

39 tornado watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
39
Busiest month
May26 tornado watches
Busiest day
May 7, 20194 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
Mar 12, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Brewster, Cochran, Crane, Culberson and 17 more6 hr
Mar 12, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 36 more7 hr
Apr 6, 10:35 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 47 more7 hr
Apr 6, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Grimes, Houston and 12 more4 hr
Apr 13, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Crockett, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Kendall and 13 more8 hr
Apr 13, 11:26 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Brazos, Cherokee, Grimes, Hardin, Harrison and 18 more8 hr
Apr 24, 11:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler8 hr
Apr 30, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Comanche and 24 more9 hr
May 7, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 13 more9 hr
May 7, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 43 more8 hr
May 7, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDallam5 hr
May 7, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger4 hr
May 7, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more8 hr
May 8, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Cass, Cherokee and 21 more6 hr
May 18, 2:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Childress and 54 more8 hr
May 18, 9:10 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBosque, Brown, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Concho and 36 more8 hr
May 18, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 9 more7 hr
May 18, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 19 more9 hr
May 18, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 6 more7 hr
May 18, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHardin, Houston, Jasper, Madison, Newton, Polk and 4 more6 hr
May 20, 12:36 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArmstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 34 more9 hr
May 20, 1:37 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more8 hr
May 20, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 33 more6 hr
May 20, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger9 hr
May 22, 2:34 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger7 hr
May 23, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 22 more7 hr
May 24, 1:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 23 more7 hr
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more5 hr
May 25, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby and 19 more7 hr
May 26, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman7 hr
May 26, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 20 more8 hr
May 29, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin and 35 more9 hr
May 29, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 4 more7 hr
May 30, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and 8 more7 hr
Jun 19, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brown, Callahan and 56 more8 hr
Oct 20, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Comanche and 43 more7 hr
Oct 21, 1:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brazos, Camp and 35 more5 hr
Nov 30, 11:38 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 7 more7 hr
Dec 16, 10:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 3 more9 hr

By county

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

170 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 7, 20194tornado watches
  2. May 18, 20194tornado watches
  3. April 6, 20192tornado watches
  4. April 13, 20192tornado watches
  5. May 8, 20192tornado watches
  6. May 19, 20192tornado watches
  7. May 20, 20192tornado watches
  8. May 21, 20192tornado watches
  9. May 24, 20192tornado watches
  10. May 29, 20192tornado watches
  11. October 21, 20192tornado watches
  12. March 12, 20191tornado 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.