Alert archive / Texas / 1988
Weather alerts in Texas, May 1988
139 weather alerts in May 1988, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 139
- Warnings
- 139
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 20, 198830 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Scurry | 56 min |
| May 6, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 56 min |
| May 6, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Foard | 62 min |
| May 6, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Haskell | 59 min |
| May 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jones | 68 min |
| May 6, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 68 min |
| May 8, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 15 min |
| May 8, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 45 min |
| May 8, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 55 min |
| May 8, 6:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 18 min |
| May 8, 6:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 39 min |
| May 8, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas, Rockwall | 50 min |
| May 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 59 min |
| May 9, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 64 min |
| May 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 62 min |
| May 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 63 min |
| May 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 64 min |
| May 9, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 56 min |
| May 9, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell | 68 min |
| May 9, 9:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 63 min |
| May 9, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 63 min |
| May 9, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 59 min |
| May 9, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 70 min |
| May 10, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale, Lubbock | 57 min |
| May 10, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Yoakum | 64 min |
| May 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 66 min |
| May 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lynn | 65 min |
| May 10, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mitchell | 67 min |
| May 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, Runnels, Tom Green | 59 min |
| May 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Runnels, Tom Green | 26 min |
| May 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 29 min |
| May 10, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 2 hr |
| May 10, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 63 min |
| May 10, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 45 min |
| May 10, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Schleicher, Tom Green | 64 min |
| May 10, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 75 min |
| May 11, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 50 min |
| May 11, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 68 min |
| May 11, 5:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Milam, Williamson | 57 min |
| May 11, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 68 min |
| May 16, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet, Llano, Travis | 63 min |
| May 16, 9:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 57 min |
| May 16, 10:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 64 min |
| May 16, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Comal | 51 min |
| May 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Parmer | 65 min |
| May 18, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 40 min |
| May 18, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 48 min |
| May 18, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 49 min |
| May 18, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 66 min |
| May 18, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 48 min |
| May 19, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 64 min |
| May 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland, Upton | 65 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 48 min |
| May 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 65 min |
| May 19, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza | 67 min |
| May 19, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 60 min |
| May 19, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| May 19, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 64 min |
| May 19, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 57 min |
| May 20, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 37 min |
| May 20, 10:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Sutton | 4 hr |
| May 20, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 58 min |
| May 20, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 56 min |
| May 20, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 51 min |
| May 20, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 59 min |
| May 20, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 41 min |
| May 20, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 54 min |
| May 20, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 54 min |
| May 20, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 20, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 57 min |
| May 20, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 55 min |
| May 20, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 33 min |
| May 20, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rockwall | 59 min |
| May 20, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 65 min |
| May 20, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 67 min |
| May 20, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 68 min |
| May 20, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Terry | 41 min |
| May 20, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 40 min |
| May 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 57 min |
| May 20, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 55 min |
| May 20, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 69 min |
| May 20, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 60 min |
| May 20, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Burnet, Llano | 61 min |
| May 20, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kerr | 57 min |
| May 20, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kendall | 43 min |
| May 20, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays | 60 min |
| May 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 20, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 54 min |
| May 20, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 42 min |
| May 20, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 68 min |
| May 20, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Zapata | 55 min |
| May 21, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Kinney, Maverick | 60 min |
| May 21, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | La Salle | 66 min |
| May 21, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | McMullen | 61 min |
| May 21, 6:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 66 min |
| May 21, 7:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 61 min |
| May 22, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 59 min |
| May 22, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 44 min |
| May 22, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 43 min |
| May 22, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 85 min |
| May 25, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 57 min |
| May 26, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Potter | 60 min |
| May 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore | 60 min |
| May 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Moore, Oldham | 64 min |
| May 27, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 69 min |
| May 27, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Swisher | 62 min |
| May 28, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Winkler | 62 min |
| May 28, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hale | 62 min |
| May 29, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal | 3 hr |
| May 29, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Hays | 2 hr |
| May 29, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 59 min |
| May 29, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin | 117 min |
| May 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Real | 3 hr |
| May 30, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam | 69 min |
| May 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Maverick | 57 min |
| May 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey | 57 min |
| May 30, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lamb | 56 min |
| May 30, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey | 51 min |
| May 30, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Yoakum | 56 min |
| May 30, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Castro | 64 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Parmer | 28 min |
| May 30, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 37 min |
| May 31, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Moore, Oldham | 2 hr |
| May 31, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Parmer | 2 hr |
| May 31, 3:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson | 2 hr |
| May 31, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland | 64 min |
| May 31, 5:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 2 hr |
| May 31, 5:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Castro | 2 hr |
| May 31, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 4 hr |
| May 31, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Castro, Randall | 4 hr |
| May 31, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Carson, Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 4 hr |
| May 31, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 43 min |
| May 31, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 57 min |
| May 31, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Archer | 116 min |
| May 31, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 68 min |
| May 31, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 56 min |
| May 31, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 52 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 111 |
| Tornado Warning | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 16 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tom Green County8
- Midland County7
- Llano County5
- Concho County5
- Moore County5
- Castro County5
- Freestone County4
- McLennan County4
- Ector County4
- Real County4
- Dallas County3
- Cherokee County3
- Yoakum County3
- Kerr County3
- Deaf Smith County3
- Parmer County3
- Gaines County3
- Reeves County3
- Blanco County3
- Potter County3
- Haskell County2
- Bosque County2
- Rockwall County2
- Limestone County2
- Hale County2
- Terry County2
- Runnels County2
- Panola County2
- Burnet County2
- Bandera County2
- Comal County2
- Upton County2
- Garza County2
- Parker County2
- Tarrant County2
- Val Verde County2
- Gillespie County2
- Hays County2
- Maverick County2
- Live Oak County2
64 more counties
- Oldham County2
- Bailey County2
- Hansford County2
- Hutchinson County2
- Randall County2
- Scurry County1
- Foard County1
- Jones County1
- Shackelford County1
- Young County1
- Jack County1
- Wise County1
- Hill County1
- Collin County1
- Falls County1
- Coryell County1
- Smith County1
- Gregg County1
- Rusk County1
- Lubbock County1
- Cochran County1
- Hockley County1
- Lynn County1
- Mitchell County1
- Schleicher County1
- Harrison County1
- Milam County1
- Williamson County1
- Edwards County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Travis County1
- Andrews County1
- Kent County1
- Glasscock County1
- Chambers County1
- Galveston County1
- Sutton County1
- Sterling County1
- Johnson County1
- Ellis County1
- Kaufman County1
- Howard County1
- Kendall County1
- Uvalde County1
- Zapata County1
- Kinney County1
- La Salle County1
- McMullen County1
- Houston County1
- Shelby County1
- Swisher County1
- Winkler County1
- Austin County1
- Dallam County1
- Lamb County1
- Crane County1
- Hemphill County1
- Lipscomb County1
- Ochiltree County1
- Roberts County1
- Carson County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Archer County1
- Bell County1
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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.