Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, August 1998
151 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1998. 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 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 151
- Busiest day
- August 29, 199821 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Waller | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Red River | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Rusk | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Leon | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Concho, Menard | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | McMullen | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Parmer | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Randall | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Wharton | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Wood | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Upshur, Wood | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith, Wood | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones, Taylor | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Fisher | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 38 min |
| Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston, Harris | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 42 min |
| Aug 12, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Morris | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hopkins | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto, Stephens | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Eastland, Erath | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Sutton | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Kimble | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bexar | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Nueces, San Patricio | 64 min |
| Aug 14, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 66 min |
| Aug 20, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Wharton | 67 min |
| Aug 20, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 60 min |
| Aug 20, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson | 63 min |
| Aug 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 65 min |
| Aug 20, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 60 min |
| Aug 22, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 4:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 61 min |
| Aug 22, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee, San Patricio | 58 min |
| Aug 22, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 58 min |
| Aug 28, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mitchell | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 43 min |
| Aug 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 58 min |
| Aug 29, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 58 min |
| Aug 29, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Rusk | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 94 min |
| Aug 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 50 min |
| Aug 29, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jefferson | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson, Washington | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 62 min |
| Aug 30, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 61 min |
| Aug 30, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 59 min |
| Aug 30, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 56 min |
| Aug 30, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Walker | 56 min |
| Aug 30, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 52 min |
| Aug 30, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Dimmit | 61 min |
| Aug 30, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Travis | 61 min |
| Aug 30, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 30, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bandera | 65 min |
| Aug 30, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Hays, Travis | 64 min |
| Aug 30, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 60 min |
| Aug 31, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 75 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harris County9
- Houston County6
- Smith County5
- Montgomery County4
- Liberty County4
- Polk County4
- Walker County4
- Travis County4
- Bowie County3
- Fort Bend County3
- Menard County3
- Leon County3
- Henderson County3
- Panola County3
- Madison County3
- Wood County3
- Van Zandt County3
- Orange County3
- San Patricio County3
- Jackson County2
- Trinity County2
- Rusk County2
- Cass County2
- McMullen County2
- Refugio County2
- Hopkins County2
- Fannin County2
- Brazoria County2
- Wharton County2
- Taylor County2
- Hunt County2
- San Jacinto County2
- Chambers County2
- Jefferson County2
- Bandera County2
- Lavaca County2
- Hardin County2
- Grimes County2
- Hill County2
- Marion County1
69 more counties
- Wichita County1
- Waller County1
- Oldham County1
- Harrison County1
- Red River County1
- Austin County1
- Lubbock County1
- San Saba County1
- Mills County1
- Anderson County1
- Tom Green County1
- Concho County1
- Victoria County1
- Calhoun County1
- Newton County1
- Castro County1
- Swisher County1
- Parmer County1
- Ellis County1
- Randall County1
- Gray County1
- Upshur County1
- Tarrant County1
- Jones County1
- Shackelford County1
- Fisher County1
- Rains County1
- Brazos County1
- Coke County1
- Galveston County1
- Morris County1
- Falls County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Stephens County1
- Eastland County1
- Erath County1
- Sutton County1
- Kimble County1
- Crockett County1
- Bexar County1
- Nueces County1
- Kleberg County1
- Live Oak County1
- Colorado County1
- Fayette County1
- DeWitt County1
- Aransas County1
- Bee County1
- Goliad County1
- Mitchell County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Cherokee County1
- Burnet County1
- Sabine County1
- Hood County1
- Somervell County1
- Coryell County1
- Lampasas County1
- Val Verde County1
- Williamson County1
- McLennan County1
- Milam County1
- Burleson County1
- Washington County1
- Bosque County1
- Dimmit County1
- Hays County1
- Caldwell County1
- Edwards 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.