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Winter Storm Watches in Texas, 2026
11 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- January11 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20267 winter storm watches
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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 20, 12:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SHV | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 70 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 20, 9:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | AMA | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley and 14 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | SJT | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 18 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LUB | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MAF | Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson and 18 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | EWX | Bandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 12 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:11 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LCH | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 46 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | HGX | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend and 13 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | CRP | Aransas, Bee, Calhoun, Goliad, Live Oak, McMullen and 2 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Archer County1
- Baylor County1
- Clay County1
- Foard County1
- Hardeman County1
- Knox County1
- Wichita County1
- Wilbarger County1
- Angelina County1
- Bowie County1
- Camp County1
- Cass County1
- Cherokee County1
- Franklin County1
- Gregg County1
- Harrison County1
- Marion County1
- Morris County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Panola County1
- Red River County1
- Rusk County1
- Sabine County1
- San Augustine County1
- Shelby County1
- Smith County1
- Titus County1
- Upshur County1
- Wood County1
- Anderson County1
- Bell County1
- Bosque County1
- Collin County1
- Comanche County1
- Cooke County1
- Coryell County1
- Dallas County1
- Delta County1
- Denton County1
- Eastland County1
178 more counties
- Ellis County1
- Erath County1
- Falls County1
- Fannin County1
- Freestone County1
- Grayson County1
- Hamilton County1
- Henderson County1
- Hill County1
- Hood County1
- Hopkins County1
- Hunt County1
- Jack County1
- Johnson County1
- Kaufman County1
- Lamar County1
- Lampasas County1
- Leon County1
- Limestone County1
- McLennan County1
- Milam County1
- Mills County1
- Montague County1
- Navarro County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Parker County1
- Rains County1
- Robertson County1
- Rockwall County1
- Somervell County1
- Stephens County1
- Tarrant County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Wise County1
- Young County1
- Armstrong County1
- Carson County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Dallam County1
- Deaf Smith County1
- Donley County1
- Gray County1
- Hansford County1
- Hartley County1
- Hemphill County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Lipscomb County1
- Moore County1
- Ochiltree County1
- Oldham County1
- Potter County1
- Randall County1
- Roberts County1
- Sherman County1
- Wheeler County1
- Brown County1
- Callahan County1
- Coke County1
- Coleman County1
- Concho County1
- Crockett County1
- Fisher County1
- Haskell County1
- Irion County1
- Jones County1
- Kimble County1
- McCulloch County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Nolan County1
- Runnels County1
- San Saba County1
- Schleicher County1
- Shackelford County1
- Sterling County1
- Sutton County1
- Taylor County1
- Throckmorton County1
- Tom Green County1
- Bailey County1
- Briscoe County1
- Castro County1
- Childress County1
- Cochran County1
- Cottle County1
- Crosby County1
- Dickens County1
- Floyd County1
- Garza County1
- Hale County1
- Hall County1
- Hockley County1
- Kent County1
- King County1
- Lamb County1
- Lubbock County1
- Lynn County1
- Motley County1
- Parmer County1
- Stonewall County1
- Swisher County1
- Terry County1
- Yoakum County1
- Andrews County1
- Borden County1
- Brewster County1
- Crane County1
- Culberson County1
- Dawson County1
- Ector County1
- Gaines County1
- Glasscock County1
- Howard County1
- Jeff Davis County1
- Loving County1
- Martin County1
- Midland County1
- Mitchell County1
- Pecos County1
- Presidio County1
- Reagan County1
- Reeves County1
- Scurry County1
- Terrell County1
- Upton County1
- Ward County1
- Winkler County1
- Bandera County1
- Bastrop County1
- Blanco County1
- Burnet County1
- Caldwell County1
- Comal County1
- Edwards County1
- Fayette County1
- Gillespie County1
- Hays County1
- Kendall County1
- Kerr County1
- Lee County1
- Llano County1
- Real County1
- Travis County1
- Val Verde County1
- Williamson County1
- Hardin County1
- Jasper County1
- Jefferson County1
- Newton County1
- Orange County1
- Tyler County1
- Austin County1
- Brazos County1
- Burleson County1
- Chambers County1
- Colorado County1
- Fort Bend County1
- Grimes County1
- Harris County1
- Houston County1
- Liberty County1
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Polk County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Trinity County1
- Walker County1
- Waller County1
- Washington County1
- Wharton County1
- Aransas County1
- Bee County1
- Calhoun County1
- Goliad County1
- Live Oak County1
- McMullen County1
- Refugio County1
- Victoria 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.