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Tornado Watches in Texas, 2026

23 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
23
Busiest month
April10 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 28, 20263 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
Feb 14, 3:49 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado and 33 more5 hr
Mar 5, 5:43 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley and 9 more6 hr
Mar 6, 2:44 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 19 more7 hr
Mar 7, 3:19 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris5 hr
Mar 10, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 27 more7 hr
Mar 10, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Denton and 16 more6 hr
Mar 10, 10:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCRed River7 hr
Mar 11, 11:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend and 23 more9 hr
Mar 15, 1:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 12 more7 hr
Mar 15, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 2 more5 hr
Apr 1, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cottle and 12 more7 hr
Apr 14, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more7 hr
Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Cooke, Delta and 12 more7 hr
Apr 25, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 21 more7 hr
Apr 25, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 15 more6 hr
Apr 26, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Jack, Montague and 3 more6 hr
Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 6 more8 hr
Apr 28, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Bosque, Callahan, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 30 more9 hr
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more7 hr
Apr 28, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Houston, Leon and 5 more5 hr
May 6, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Newton, Sabine9 hr
May 18, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more4 hr
Jun 25, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLipscomb8 hr

By county

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

106 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 28, 20263tornado watches
  2. March 10, 20262tornado watches
  3. March 11, 20262tornado watches
  4. March 15, 20262tornado watches
  5. April 26, 20262tornado watches
  6. February 14, 20261tornado watches
  7. March 5, 20261tornado watches
  8. March 6, 20261tornado watches
  9. March 7, 20261tornado watches
  10. April 1, 20261tornado watches
  11. April 14, 20261tornado watches
  12. April 24, 20261tornado 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.