Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, May 1988
111 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 111
- Busiest day
- May 20, 198827 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 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 | 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, 8:57 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, 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, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real | 58 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, 6:29 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, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 59 min |
| 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, 7:49 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 31, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Ector, Midland | 64 min |
| May 31, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 43 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 county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Midland County6
- Llano County5
- Tom Green County5
- Freestone County4
- Dallas County3
- McLennan County3
- Cherokee County3
- Yoakum County3
- Kerr County3
- Gaines County3
- Reeves County3
- Ector County3
- Real County3
- Moore County3
- Haskell County2
- Rockwall County2
- Limestone County2
- Hale County2
- Terry County2
- Concho County2
- Panola County2
- Burnet County2
- Bandera County2
- Upton County2
- Garza County2
- Parker County2
- Tarrant County2
- Val Verde County2
- Gillespie County2
- Blanco County2
- Maverick County2
- Live Oak County2
- Castro County2
- Scurry County1
- Foard County1
- Jones County1
- Shackelford County1
- Young County1
- Jack County1
- Wise County1
48 more counties
- Collin County1
- Falls County1
- Coryell County1
- Smith County1
- Gregg County1
- Rusk County1
- Lubbock County1
- Cochran County1
- Hockley County1
- Lynn County1
- Mitchell County1
- Runnels County1
- Schleicher County1
- Harrison County1
- Milam County1
- Williamson County1
- Edwards County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Travis County1
- Comal County1
- Deaf Smith County1
- Parmer County1
- Kent County1
- Glasscock County1
- Chambers County1
- Galveston County1
- Johnson County1
- Ellis County1
- Kaufman County1
- Kendall County1
- Hays County1
- Uvalde County1
- Zapata County1
- Kinney County1
- La Salle County1
- McMullen County1
- Houston County1
- Shelby County1
- Potter County1
- Oldham County1
- Swisher County1
- Winkler County1
- Dallam County1
- Lamb County1
- Bailey County1
- Crane County1
- Bell County1
- Bosque 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.