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Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1987
197 tornado warnings in 1987. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 197
- Busiest month
- May92 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 28, 198721 tornado warnings
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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 24, 8:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 10:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell, Jones | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 6:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 54 min |
| Mar 16, 8:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 9:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Mar 22, 6:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 6:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 62 min |
| Mar 22, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 65 min |
| Mar 22, 10:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 56 min |
| Mar 22, 10:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Kleberg, Nueces | 56 min |
| May 3, 5:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 52 min |
| May 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Limestone | 65 min |
| May 3, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 61 min |
| May 4, 12:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 66 min |
| May 4, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 22 min |
| May 4, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 37 min |
| May 15, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 20 min |
| May 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 19, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 55 min |
| May 19, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 26 min |
| May 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 33 min |
| May 19, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 57 min |
| May 19, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Wilson | 66 min |
| May 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 62 min |
| May 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 60 min |
| May 20, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 58 min |
| May 22, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cochran, Hockley | 39 min |
| May 22, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 66 min |
| May 22, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves | 56 min |
| May 23, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 58 min |
| May 24, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 29 min |
| May 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 34 min |
| May 25, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Childress | 27 min |
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving, Ward | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 50 min |
| May 25, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward | 39 min |
| May 25, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 67 min |
| May 25, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 58 min |
| May 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward | 54 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 65 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Swisher | 60 min |
| May 25, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 45 min |
| May 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 58 min |
| May 25, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Ward | 58 min |
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 61 min |
| May 25, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 68 min |
| May 25, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 65 min |
| May 25, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 55 min |
| May 25, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 60 min |
| May 25, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 60 min |
| May 25, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 54 min |
| May 26, 12:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 67 min |
| May 26, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Winkler | 62 min |
| May 26, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 59 min |
| May 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 54 min |
| May 26, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 66 min |
| May 26, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 50 min |
| May 26, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 66 min |
| May 27, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 62 min |
| May 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 21 min |
| May 27, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 67 min |
| May 27, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 55 min |
| May 27, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 65 min |
| May 27, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 67 min |
| May 27, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 76 min |
| May 27, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 24 min |
| May 27, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 53 min |
| May 28, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King | 47 min |
| May 28, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 38 min |
| May 28, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 30 min |
| May 28, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 60 min |
| May 28, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 63 min |
| May 28, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 55 min |
| May 28, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 40 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 29 min |
| May 28, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 47 min |
| May 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 58 min |
| May 28, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown | 60 min |
| May 28, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 60 min |
| May 28, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Taylor | 60 min |
| May 28, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 70 min |
| May 29, 9:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Matagorda, Wharton | 67 min |
| May 29, 10:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 43 min |
| May 29, 1:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Liberty | 47 min |
| May 29, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 42 min |
| May 29, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 68 min |
| May 29, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 43 min |
| May 29, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 56 min |
| May 29, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Dawson, Martin | 50 min |
| May 29, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 62 min |
| May 29, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro | 60 min |
| May 29, 9:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Randall, Swisher | 59 min |
| May 29, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 60 min |
| May 29, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Swisher | 59 min |
| May 30, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 35 min |
| May 30, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Orange | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 60 min |
| May 31, 9:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EPZ | Brewster | 50 min |
| May 31, 9:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 59 min |
| Jun 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 50 min |
| Jun 2, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Nolan | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Falls | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 4 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan, Jones | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell, Jones | 50 min |
| Jun 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Throckmorton | 60 min |
| Jun 19, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fisher, Jones | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Maverick | 38 min |
| Jun 23, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 58 min |
| Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 60 min |
| Jun 25, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Travis | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong | 63 min |
| Jul 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Parmer | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 66 min |
| Jul 7, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 68 min |
| Jul 14, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 61 min |
| Jul 16, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Denton | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 58 min |
| Sep 9, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson, Martin | 54 min |
| Sep 10, 12:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 34 min |
| Sep 10, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard | 52 min |
| Sep 11, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan, Shackelford | 56 min |
| Sep 11, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 64 min |
| Sep 12, 1:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 39 min |
| Sep 12, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 49 min |
| Sep 12, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 62 min |
| Sep 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 47 min |
| Sep 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 47 min |
| Sep 28, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 12:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 24 min |
| Nov 15, 12:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burleson, Milam | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 2:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Leon | 66 min |
| Nov 15, 2:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 50 min |
| Nov 15, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 66 min |
| Nov 15, 4:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 59 min |
| Nov 15, 4:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 48 min |
| Nov 15, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Upshur | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Marion | 60 min |
| Nov 15, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Upshur | 32 min |
| Nov 15, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 65 min |
| Nov 15, 6:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 65 min |
| Nov 15, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 7:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 65 min |
| Nov 16, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Orange | 114 min |
| Nov 16, 3:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 65 min |
| Nov 16, 5:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak | 49 min |
| Nov 16, 6:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee, San Patricio | 52 min |
| Nov 16, 6:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 58 min |
| Nov 16, 6:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 7:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Jackson | 54 min |
| Nov 16, 8:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 9:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers | 30 min |
| Nov 24, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 60 min |
| Nov 24, 6:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Grayson | 61 min |
| Nov 25, 6:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Wharton | 54 min |
| Dec 6, 7:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Freestone | 65 min |
| Dec 19, 11:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burleson, Lee | 61 min |
| Dec 19, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 53 min |
| Dec 19, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado | 57 min |
| Dec 19, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 48 min |
| Dec 19, 2:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Tyler | 60 min |
| Dec 19, 3:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin, Jasper | 43 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hansford County8
- Castro County6
- Jones County5
- Bosque County5
- McLennan County5
- Armstrong County5
- Dawson County5
- Hamilton County4
- Jefferson County4
- Hockley County4
- Pecos County4
- Ward County4
- Hale County4
- Hardin County4
- Lamb County4
- Galveston County4
- Val Verde County3
- Uvalde County3
- Lipscomb County3
- Jasper County3
- Eastland County3
- Swisher County3
- Randall County3
- Andrews County3
- Upton County3
- Howard County3
- Shackelford County3
- Callahan County3
- Harris County3
- Lubbock County3
- Martin County3
- Carson County3
- Grimes County2
- Haskell County2
- Kinney County2
- Motley County2
- Newton County2
- Bexar County2
- Reeves County2
- Briscoe County2
86 more counties
- Crane County2
- Potter County2
- Deaf Smith County2
- Ector County2
- Brown County2
- Wharton County2
- Nolan County2
- Orange County2
- Lavaca County2
- Burleson County2
- Cherokee County2
- Smith County2
- Upshur County2
- Marion County2
- Bowie County2
- Nacogdoches County1
- Montgomery County1
- Walker County1
- Waller County1
- Cottle County1
- Kleberg County1
- Nueces County1
- Limestone County1
- Caldwell County1
- Gonzales County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Wilson County1
- Zavala County1
- Cochran County1
- Childress County1
- Loving County1
- Ochiltree County1
- Winkler County1
- Midland County1
- Stonewall County1
- King County1
- Palo Pinto County1
- Parker County1
- Wise County1
- Taylor County1
- Matagorda County1
- Liberty County1
- Glasscock County1
- Borden County1
- Brewster County1
- Coryell County1
- Hill County1
- Ellis County1
- Falls County1
- Tom Green County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Throckmorton County1
- Fisher County1
- Maverick County1
- Fannin County1
- Tarrant County1
- Oldham County1
- Travis County1
- Gray County1
- Parmer County1
- Dallas County1
- Denton County1
- Menard County1
- Floyd County1
- Crosby County1
- Duval County1
- Milam County1
- Leon County1
- Anderson County1
- Gregg County1
- Harrison County1
- Cass County1
- Panola County1
- Shelby County1
- Live Oak County1
- Bee County1
- San Patricio County1
- Brazoria County1
- Jackson County1
- Chambers County1
- Cooke County1
- Grayson County1
- Freestone County1
- Lee County1
- Colorado County1
- Tyler County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.