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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2024

60 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
60
Busiest month
May19 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 28, 20244 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 8, 1:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 16 more10 hr
Jan 11, 9:56 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta and 24 more6 hr
Jan 12, 3:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCGregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk, Shelby7 hr
Feb 11, 8:59 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Colorado, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 9 more7 hr
Mar 14, 11:09 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Cooke, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Wise and 1 more7 hr
Mar 14, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 1 more7 hr
Mar 25, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Tyler6 hr
Apr 1, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Grayson and 6 more10 hr
Apr 8, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Falls and 23 more7 hr
Apr 8, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Cherokee, Freestone, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson and 11 more5 hr
Apr 9, 9:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 21 more7 hr
Apr 9, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola and 5 more11 hr
Apr 10, 3:47 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler5 hr
Apr 15, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Childress, Clay and 29 more6 hr
Apr 15, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLipscomb, Ochiltree8 hr
Apr 25, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Sherman4 hr
Apr 26, 10:12 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass and 42 more8 hr
Apr 26, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg and 12 more5 hr
Apr 27, 6:27 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hall, Hardeman and 3 more7 hr
Apr 27, 1:10 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more7 hr
Apr 27, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Eastland, Fisher and 19 more7 hr
Apr 28, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBosque, Collin, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Delta and 20 more6 hr
Apr 28, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 38 more11 hr
Apr 28, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Newton, Tyler8 hr
Apr 30, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Wichita93 min
May 1, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 25 more8 hr
May 3, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Briscoe, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 30 more8 hr
May 4, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrewster, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Irion, McCulloch and 11 more9 hr
May 6, 2:05 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCClay, Hardeman, Wichita, Wilbarger12 hr
May 8, 12:56 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Red River5 hr
May 8, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Burleson, Burnet and 46 more9 hr
May 9, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 25 more7 hr
May 12, 12:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChambers, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 7 more6 hr
May 16, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 21 more9 hr
May 22, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 45 more8 hr
May 22, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Falls and 16 more3 hr
May 23, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaylor, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collingsworth and 20 more7 hr
May 23, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Falls, Freestone, Leon, Limestone, Milam and 1 more3 hr
May 25, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 23 more7 hr
May 25, 3:26 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Delta and 10 more11 hr
May 26, 11:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCass, Marion4 hr
May 28, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more7 hr
May 30, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 20 more8 hr
Jun 2, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 34 more8 hr
Jun 19, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron and 22 more12 hr
Jul 7, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 8 more11 hr
Jul 8, 10:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee, Gregg and 24 more12 hr
Nov 2, 3:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Loving, Martin and 4 more6 hr
Nov 3, 1:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClay5 hr
Nov 3, 2:02 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCooke, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar8 hr
Nov 4, 10:52 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 23 more9 hr
Nov 4, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 9 more6 hr
Nov 8, 1:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Bell, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 26 more7 hr
Nov 18, 2:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Eastland, Fisher and 16 more7 hr
Nov 18, 2:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton and 6 more7 hr
Dec 26, 11:34 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 36 more7 hr
Dec 26, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine7 hr
Dec 28, 7:38 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Houston and 11 more7 hr
Dec 28, 10:16 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Falls and 13 more7 hr
Dec 28, 2:17 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton and 5 more8 hr

By county

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

195 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 28, 20244tornado watches
  2. April 9, 20243tornado watches
  3. December 28, 20243tornado watches
  4. January 12, 20242tornado watches
  5. March 14, 20242tornado watches
  6. April 26, 20242tornado watches
  7. April 27, 20242tornado watches
  8. May 1, 20242tornado watches
  9. May 8, 20242tornado watches
  10. May 22, 20242tornado watches
  11. May 23, 20242tornado watches
  12. May 25, 20242tornado 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.