Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Texas, August 2008
116 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 116
- Busiest day
- August 3, 200820 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 60 min |
| Jul 31, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | McLennan | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman, Runnels | 66 min |
| Aug 1, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 13 min |
| Aug 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin, Midland | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Erath, Palo Pinto | 59 min |
| Aug 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Presidio | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Grimes, Harris, Montgomery, Walker | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Sabine, San Augustine | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina, Nacogdoches | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton, Orange | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, Trinity | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson, Orange | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Freestone | 76 min |
| Aug 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk, Smith | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Limestone | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion, Rusk | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Rusk, Upshur | 24 min |
| Aug 4, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 19 min |
| Aug 4, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hill | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Dallam, Hartley | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Hockley | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley, Terry, Yoakum | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Val Verde | 34 min |
| Aug 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Lamb | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Lamb | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Bailey, Cochran, Hockley, Lamb | 58 min |
| Aug 13, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Sherman | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman | 58 min |
| Aug 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | Hudspeth | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham, Potter | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson, Hutchinson, Moore, Potter | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter, Randall | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 65 min |
| Aug 14, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Parmer | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Lamb, Swisher | 62 min |
| Aug 14, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Floyd, Hale, Lubbock | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza, Kent and 3 more | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Throckmorton | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens, Garza, Kent, King, Stonewall | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Mitchell, Scurry | 56 min |
| Aug 15, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Kaufman, Rains, Van Zandt | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Bastrop | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 62 min |
| Aug 15, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane | 23 min |
| Aug 15, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 61 min |
| Aug 15, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 59 min |
| Aug 15, 11:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Oldham | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Swisher | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith, Randall | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro, Hale, Swisher | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Andrews, Loving, Winkler | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Presidio | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Motley | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Crosby, Dickens | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Edwards, Kinney, Uvalde | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Motley | 22 min |
| Aug 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden, Mitchell, Scurry | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Reeves | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Culberson, Jeff Davis, Reeves | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 33 min |
| Aug 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie, Red River | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 50 min |
| Aug 30, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque | 28 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Castro County7
- Oldham County7
- Harris County6
- El Paso County5
- Lamb County5
- Deaf Smith County5
- Rusk County4
- Hartley County4
- Edwards County4
- Crosby County4
- Dickens County4
- Mitchell County3
- Jasper County3
- Newton County3
- Montgomery County3
- Sabine County3
- Fort Bend County3
- Jefferson County3
- Harrison County3
- Sherman County3
- Archer County3
- Hockley County3
- Bailey County3
- Potter County3
- Randall County3
- Hale County3
- Swisher County3
- Floyd County3
- Motley County3
- Bell County2
- Upton County2
- Midland County2
- Brewster County2
- Presidio County2
- Jeff Davis County2
- Walker County2
- Tyler County2
- Angelina County2
- San Augustine County2
- Shelby County2
93 more counties
- Nacogdoches County2
- Orange County2
- Polk County2
- Trinity County2
- Gregg County2
- Marion County2
- Aransas County2
- Refugio County2
- Dallam County2
- Cooke County2
- Clay County2
- Cochran County2
- Kinney County2
- Parmer County2
- Lipscomb County2
- Hutchinson County2
- Moore County2
- Hemphill County2
- Foard County2
- Hardeman County2
- Wilbarger County2
- Garza County2
- Kent County2
- King County2
- Scurry County2
- Crane County2
- Reeves County2
- Coryell County1
- McLennan County1
- Coleman County1
- Runnels County1
- Martin County1
- Erath County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Grimes County1
- Waller County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Cherokee County1
- Panola County1
- Houston County1
- Freestone County1
- Smith County1
- Limestone County1
- Brazoria County1
- Galveston County1
- Upshur County1
- Jackson County1
- Matagorda County1
- Wharton County1
- Briscoe County1
- Hall County1
- Grayson County1
- Hill County1
- Ector County1
- Terry County1
- Yoakum County1
- Real County1
- Val Verde County1
- Ochiltree County1
- Hansford County1
- Hudspeth County1
- Carson County1
- Wheeler County1
- Lubbock County1
- Cottle County1
- Lynn County1
- Baylor County1
- Knox County1
- Wichita County1
- Haskell County1
- Throckmorton County1
- Stonewall County1
- Kaufman County1
- Rains County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Burleson County1
- Bastrop County1
- Kenedy County1
- Andrews County1
- Loving County1
- Winkler County1
- Uvalde County1
- Borden County1
- Atascosa County1
- Bexar County1
- Wilson County1
- Culberson County1
- San Patricio County1
- Liberty County1
- Bowie County1
- Red River County1
- Lamar 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. Rebuilt daily.