Tropical Storm Watches in Texas
52 tropical storm watches since 1986. 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 tropical storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Tropical Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tropical Storm Watches
- 52
- Busiest year
- 202012 tropical storm watches
- Average year
- 5over 11 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Brazoria County14
- Matagorda County12
- Jackson County11
- Galveston County11
- Calhoun County10
- Refugio County10
- Chambers County10
- Aransas County9
- Kleberg County9
- Nueces County9
- San Patricio County9
- Harris County9
- Liberty County9
- Kenedy County7
- Jefferson County4
- Bee County3
- Cameron County3
- Goliad County3
- Victoria County3
- Willacy County3
- Wharton County3
- Newton County3
- Austin County2
- Colorado County2
- DeWitt County2
- Fayette County2
- Fort Bend County2
- Gonzales County2
- Karnes County2
- Lavaca County2
- Waller County2
- Hardin County2
- Jasper County2
- Brooks County1
- Duval County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Live Oak County1
- McMullen County1
- Wilson County1
- Cherokee County1
The latest tropical storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:01 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston | 16 hr |
| Jul 21, 10:04 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | LCH | Jefferson | 36 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:28 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda | 25 hr |
| Jun 16, 10:10 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | LCH | Jefferson | 24 hr |
Nearby
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.