Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, August 1988
40 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1988. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 40
- Busiest day
- August 24, 19888 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Madison | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Wise | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath, Hamilton | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Jackson | 64 min |
| Aug 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, McLennan | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 27 min |
| Aug 11, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | San Augustine | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 62 min |
| Aug 20, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 54 min |
| Aug 20, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 35 min |
| Aug 21, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Delta, Lamar | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 80 min |
| Aug 23, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Red River | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 90 min |
| Aug 23, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burleson | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Live Oak | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Duval | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Limestone County3
- Falls County2
- McLennan County2
- Cooke County2
- Tarrant County2
- Houston County2
- Red River County2
- Bowie County2
- Madison County1
- Wise County1
- Comanche County1
- Erath County1
- Hamilton County1
- Lubbock County1
- Jefferson County1
- Orange County1
- Ector County1
- Midland County1
- Wharton County1
- Jackson County1
- Freestone County1
- Hill County1
- Ellis County1
- Johnson County1
- San Augustine County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Parker County1
- Dallas County1
- Anderson County1
- Delta County1
- Lamar County1
- Cass County1
- Robertson County1
- Burleson County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Live Oak County1
- Duval 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.