Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches / 2024
Tornado Watches in Texas, December 2024
5 tornado watches in December 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 December 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- December 28, 20243 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 11:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 26, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine | 7 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:38 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Houston and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 28, 10:16 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Falls and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton and 5 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jasper County4
- Newton County4
- Sabine County4
- Angelina County3
- Hardin County3
- Jefferson County3
- Nacogdoches County3
- Orange County3
- San Augustine County3
- Shelby County3
- Tyler County3
- Anderson County2
- Brazos County2
- Burleson County2
- Chambers County2
- Cherokee County2
- Falls County2
- Freestone County2
- Grimes County2
- Houston County2
- Leon County2
- Liberty County2
- Limestone County2
- Madison County2
- Milam County2
- Montgomery County2
- Panola County2
- Polk County2
- Robertson County2
- Rusk County2
- San Jacinto County2
- Trinity County2
- Walker County2
- Washington County2
- Austin County1
- Brazoria County1
- Colorado County1
- Fort Bend County1
- Galveston County1
- Harris County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.