Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, January 1998
174 severe thunderstorm warnings in January 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 January 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 174
- Busiest day
- January 6, 199844 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 54 min |
| Jan 4, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 68 min |
| Jan 4, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Scurry | 32 min |
| Jan 4, 7:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 64 min |
| Jan 4, 7:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Wilbarger | 58 min |
| Jan 4, 8:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 38 min |
| Jan 4, 8:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor | 46 min |
| Jan 4, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 51 min |
| Jan 4, 9:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 42 min |
| Jan 4, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 60 min |
| Jan 4, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita | 50 min |
| Jan 4, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 61 min |
| Jan 4, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 30 min |
| Jan 4, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 66 min |
| Jan 5, 12:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 35 min |
| Jan 5, 12:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 66 min |
| Jan 5, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 59 min |
| Jan 5, 4:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto, Walker | 61 min |
| Jan 5, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 68 min |
| Jan 5, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 59 min |
| Jan 5, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 69 min |
| Jan 5, 5:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 46 min |
| Jan 5, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 62 min |
| Jan 5, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 61 min |
| Jan 5, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 25 min |
| Jan 5, 6:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 61 min |
| Jan 5, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 54 min |
| Jan 5, 7:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls, Robertson | 41 min |
| Jan 5, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 59 min |
| Jan 5, 7:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 26 min |
| Jan 5, 8:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 42 min |
| Jan 5, 8:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Mills | 36 min |
| Jan 5, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 65 min |
| Jan 5, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 55 min |
| Jan 5, 8:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 52 min |
| Jan 5, 9:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 62 min |
| Jan 5, 9:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 45 min |
| Jan 5, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 69 min |
| Jan 5, 10:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 65 min |
| Jan 5, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Johnson | 62 min |
| Jan 5, 10:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 38 min |
| Jan 5, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Burnet | 50 min |
| Jan 5, 11:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg | 52 min |
| Jan 6, 12:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 63 min |
| Jan 6, 12:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 62 min |
| Jan 6, 12:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 57 min |
| Jan 6, 1:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 53 min |
| Jan 6, 1:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg | 49 min |
| Jan 6, 4:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 63 min |
| Jan 6, 5:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 29 min |
| Jan 6, 5:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 65 min |
| Jan 6, 8:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 60 min |
| Jan 6, 9:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Williamson | 68 min |
| Jan 6, 9:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lampasas | 65 min |
| Jan 6, 10:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Webb | 56 min |
| Jan 6, 10:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston, Walker | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 62 min |
| Jan 6, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Madison | 28 min |
| Jan 6, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 43 min |
| Jan 6, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Frio | 69 min |
| Jan 6, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 59 min |
| Jan 6, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 67 min |
| Jan 6, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 44 min |
| Jan 6, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Goliad | 56 min |
| Jan 6, 6:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 56 min |
| Jan 6, 7:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Victoria | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 8:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 67 min |
| Jan 11, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Dallas | 56 min |
| Jan 11, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Somervell | 64 min |
| Jan 11, 3:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Fayette | 59 min |
| Jan 11, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Titus | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 4:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass, Morris | 37 min |
| Jan 11, 4:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Wood | 66 min |
| Jan 11, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 57 min |
| Jan 11, 5:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Upshur | 69 min |
| Jan 11, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 48 min |
| Jan 11, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg | 47 min |
| Jan 11, 6:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 56 min |
| Jan 11, 6:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Rusk | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 7:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 61 min |
| Jan 11, 9:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | San Jacinto | 27 min |
| Jan 11, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 57 min |
| Jan 11, 9:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 67 min |
| Jan 11, 10:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 60 min |
| Jan 11, 10:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 35 min |
| Jan 11, 11:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 64 min |
| Jan 13, 11:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 65 min |
| Jan 13, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 32 min |
| Jan 13, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 68 min |
| Jan 13, 2:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 60 min |
| Jan 13, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio, San Patricio | 63 min |
| Jan 13, 3:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Matagorda | 75 min |
| Jan 21, 12:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 1:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Colorado | 58 min |
| Jan 21, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Smith | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Austin | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 1:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 58 min |
| Jan 21, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Lee | 46 min |
| Jan 21, 2:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Upshur | 70 min |
| Jan 21, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 2:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Falls | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Robertson | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 3:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Milam | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 60 min |
| Jan 21, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 30 min |
| Jan 21, 3:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Washington | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 3:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 4:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin, Dallas | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazos | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 4:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Wharton | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 5:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 68 min |
| Jan 21, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Llano | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 5:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 6:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 43 min |
| Jan 21, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 6:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 7:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Tyler | 58 min |
| Jan 21, 8:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 8:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 65 min |
| Jan 21, 8:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston, Harris | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 8:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 9:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 49 min |
| Jan 21, 10:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 33 min |
| Jan 21, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Orange | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 67 min |
| Jan 21, 10:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 65 min |
| Jan 22, 9:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson | 55 min |
| Jan 22, 10:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 32 min |
| Jan 22, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Refugio | 55 min |
| Jan 25, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Grayson | 64 min |
| Jan 26, 5:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 27 min |
| Jan 26, 6:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 30 min |
| Jan 26, 6:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 64 min |
| Jan 26, 6:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 64 min |
| Jan 30, 7:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels, Taylor | 49 min |
| Jan 30, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 64 min |
| Jan 31, 3:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor | 34 min |
| Jan 31, 3:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 36 min |
| Jan 31, 3:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor | 33 min |
| Jan 31, 6:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 67 min |
| Jan 31, 6:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Real, Uvalde | 55 min |
| Jan 31, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Bee | 60 min |
| Jan 31, 3:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Jim Wells | 60 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Karnes | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Irion | 90 min |
| Jan 31, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 65 min |
| Jan 31, 5:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Brooks | 62 min |
| Jan 31, 5:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chambers County6
- Falls County5
- Tyler County5
- Henderson County5
- Jasper County5
- Harris County5
- Hardin County5
- Freestone County4
- Polk County4
- Newton County4
- Matagorda County4
- Jefferson County4
- Bosque County3
- Baylor County3
- Limestone County3
- Anderson County3
- McCulloch County3
- Mills County3
- Dallas County3
- Gregg County3
- Kaufman County3
- Harrison County3
- Marion County3
- Milam County3
- Fort Bend County3
- Van Zandt County3
- Smith County3
- Calhoun County3
- Brazoria County3
- Collin County2
- Wilbarger County2
- San Jacinto County2
- Walker County2
- Madison County2
- McLennan County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hill County2
- Robertson County2
- Johnson County2
- Cass County2
61 more counties
- Panola County2
- Houston County2
- Frio County2
- Victoria County2
- Galveston County2
- Lee County2
- Upshur County2
- Refugio County2
- Ellis County2
- Bastrop County2
- Jackson County2
- Orange County2
- Bee County2
- Taylor County2
- Potter County1
- Randall County1
- Scurry County1
- Foard County1
- Stonewall County1
- Wichita County1
- Leon County1
- Angelina County1
- Tarrant County1
- Burnet County1
- Bowie County1
- Gillespie County1
- Williamson County1
- Lampasas County1
- Webb County1
- Atascosa County1
- Goliad County1
- Somervell County1
- Fayette County1
- Titus County1
- Morris County1
- Wood County1
- Rusk County1
- Shelby County1
- San Patricio County1
- Colorado County1
- Austin County1
- Bell County1
- Washington County1
- Brazos County1
- Wharton County1
- Grimes County1
- Llano County1
- Liberty County1
- Grayson County1
- Runnels County1
- Knox County1
- Edwards County1
- Real County1
- Uvalde County1
- Jim Wells County1
- Aransas County1
- Karnes County1
- Irion County1
- Kleberg County1
- Brooks County1
- Kenedy County1
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Sources
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