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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2023

39 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
39
Busiest month
June10 tornado watches
Busiest day
June 2, 20233 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 2, 1:22 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more8 hr
Jan 2, 8:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCPanola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby6 hr
Jan 3, 2:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCPanola, Shelby8 hr
Jan 18, 9:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Harrison, Houston, Jasper, Marion and 12 more9 hr
Jan 24, 10:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers and 18 more7 hr
Feb 8, 2:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCSabine6 hr
Feb 26, 3:33 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 20 more6 hr
Feb 26, 7:32 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay5 hr
Mar 1, 3:31 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more8 hr
Mar 2, 2:58 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Camp and 58 more9 hr
Mar 16, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Bell, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Comanche and 33 more6 hr
Mar 16, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Camp and 31 more7 hr
Mar 16, 10:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Newton, Sabine, Tyler5 hr
Mar 24, 1:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 17 more5 hr
Mar 26, 12:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Newton, Polk and 4 more6 hr
Mar 31, 12:28 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBowie, Cass11 hr
Mar 31, 1:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Camp, Cherokee, Delta, Falls and 30 more7 hr
Mar 31, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler8 hr
Apr 2, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Bell, Bosque, Brown and 51 more7 hr
Apr 2, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Brazos, Burleson, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 18 more7 hr
Apr 5, 4:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin and 6 more6 hr
Apr 19, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Montague, Wichita6 hr
Apr 26, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 26 more7 hr
Apr 26, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bastrop, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 21 more5 hr
Apr 28, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Falls, Freestone and 11 more7 hr
May 4, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cooke, Cottle and 9 more6 hr
May 11, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague and 2 more10 hr
May 26, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines and 7 more8 hr
Jun 2, 11:26 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 35 more9 hr
Jun 2, 11:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Ector and 17 more8 hr
Jun 2, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCEdwards, Kimble, Kinney, Menard, Real, Schleicher and 3 more6 hr
Jun 12, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 10 more7 hr
Jun 15, 2:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Foard and 11 more6 hr
Jun 15, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Collin and 40 more8 hr
Jun 17, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 10 more6 hr
Jun 21, 2:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 7 more7 hr
Jun 21, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 5 more5 hr
Jun 21, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Fisher, Jones, Mitchell and 5 more4 hr
Nov 20, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Houston and 17 more6 hr

By county

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

172 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 2, 20233tornado watches
  2. January 3, 20232tornado watches
  3. March 16, 20232tornado watches
  4. March 31, 20232tornado watches
  5. April 2, 20232tornado watches
  6. June 15, 20232tornado watches
  7. June 22, 20232tornado watches
  8. January 2, 20231tornado watches
  9. January 18, 20231tornado watches
  10. January 24, 20231tornado watches
  11. February 8, 20231tornado watches
  12. February 26, 20231tornado watches

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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.