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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2025
50 tornado watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 50
- Busiest month
- April23 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 5, 20254 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 10:29 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Harrison, Houston, Jasper and 15 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 7 hr |
| Mar 3, 9:33 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 44 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Cass, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Wichita and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Freestone, Grimes and 13 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 12:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Sabine, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Haskell, Jack and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 19, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion, Runnels, Sterling and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Grayson and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 19, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brown, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 20, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Red River | 9 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrews, Gaines | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Red River | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Coke, Cottle and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fisher, Grayson and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 9:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Fannin, Franklin and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrews, Crane, Ector, Gaines, Loving, Martin and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bandera, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards and 23 more | 9 hr |
| May 6, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 37 more | 12 hr |
| May 6, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper and 11 more | 8 hr |
| May 17, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 18, 3:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 8 hr |
| May 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay | 9 hr |
| May 19, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Jack and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 19, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bowie, Red River | 7 hr |
| May 25, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baylor, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Cottle, Crosby and 23 more | 9 hr |
| May 26, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 36 more | 10 hr |
| May 28, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 8 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 26 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson and 42 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 6 hr |
| Oct 18, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Chambers, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 24, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 24, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin and 23 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Panola County14
- Rusk County13
- Shelby County13
- Harrison County12
- Sabine County12
- San Augustine County12
- Angelina County11
- Nacogdoches County11
- Marion County10
- Bowie County10
- Hardin County9
- Jasper County9
- Newton County9
- Tyler County9
- Cooke County9
- Montague County9
- Cass County9
- Cherokee County8
- Baylor County8
- Clay County8
- Jack County8
- Knox County8
- Wilbarger County8
- Gregg County8
- Liberty County7
- Polk County7
- Archer County7
- Wichita County7
- Morris County7
- Red River County7
- Upshur County7
- Houston County6
- Trinity County6
- Walker County6
- Foard County6
- Haskell County6
- Palo Pinto County6
- Shackelford County6
- Throckmorton County6
- Tom Green County6
182 more counties
- Young County6
- Camp County6
- Grayson County6
- Smith County6
- Titus County6
- Wise County6
- Jefferson County6
- Orange County6
- Cottle County6
- Dickens County6
- King County6
- Gaines County6
- Montgomery County5
- San Jacinto County5
- Coleman County5
- Hardeman County5
- Jones County5
- Runnels County5
- Stephens County5
- Denton County5
- Franklin County5
- Parker County5
- Wood County5
- Irion County5
- Briscoe County5
- Childress County5
- Crosby County5
- Floyd County5
- Garza County5
- Hale County5
- Hall County5
- Hemphill County5
- Kent County5
- Lipscomb County5
- Lubbock County5
- Lynn County5
- Motley County5
- Ochiltree County5
- Roberts County5
- Stonewall County5
- Swisher County5
- Andrews County5
- Callahan County4
- Coke County4
- Concho County4
- Eastland County4
- Taylor County4
- Anderson County4
- Collin County4
- Comanche County4
- Erath County4
- Fannin County4
- Freestone County4
- Hood County4
- Limestone County4
- Somervell County4
- Brazos County4
- Burleson County4
- Falls County4
- Grimes County4
- Leon County4
- Madison County4
- Milam County4
- Robertson County4
- Fort Bend County4
- Harris County4
- Sterling County4
- Carson County4
- Hansford County4
- Hutchinson County4
- Yoakum County4
- Martin County4
- Brown County3
- Nolan County3
- Dallas County3
- Ellis County3
- Henderson County3
- Hopkins County3
- Johnson County3
- Lamar County3
- McLennan County3
- Navarro County3
- Rains County3
- Rockwall County3
- Tarrant County3
- Van Zandt County3
- Chambers County3
- Crockett County3
- Edwards County3
- Gillespie County3
- Kerr County3
- Kimble County3
- Llano County3
- Schleicher County3
- Sutton County3
- Armstrong County3
- Donley County3
- Gray County3
- Moore County3
- Potter County3
- Randall County3
- Sherman County3
- Bailey County3
- Castro County3
- Cochran County3
- Hockley County3
- Lamb County3
- Parmer County3
- Terry County3
- Fisher County3
- Glasscock County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Reagan County3
- Scurry County3
- Washington County3
- Upton County3
- Waller County3
- Bosque County2
- Coryell County2
- Delta County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hill County2
- Hunt County2
- Kaufman County2
- Lampasas County2
- Mills County2
- Brazoria County2
- Galveston County2
- McCulloch County2
- Mason County2
- Menard County2
- San Saba County2
- Val Verde County2
- Wheeler County2
- Deaf Smith County2
- Oldham County2
- Bell County2
- Crane County2
- Ector County2
- Loving County2
- Midland County2
- Pecos County2
- Reeves County2
- Terrell County2
- Ward County2
- Winkler County2
- Bandera County2
- Real County2
- Uvalde County2
- Austin County2
- Bastrop County2
- Blanco County2
- Burnet County2
- Caldwell County2
- Comal County2
- Guadalupe County2
- Hays County2
- Kendall County2
- Lee County2
- Travis County2
- Wharton County2
- Williamson County2
- Borden County2
- Dawson County2
- Dallam County2
- Collingsworth County1
- Kinney County1
- Colorado County1
- DeWitt County1
- Fayette County1
- Gonzales County1
- Lavaca County1
- Atascosa County1
- Bexar County1
- Frio County1
- Medina County1
- Wilson County1
- Zavala County1
- Hartley County1
- Jackson County1
- Matagorda County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.