Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings / 1987

Tornado Warnings in Texas, May 1987

92 tornado warnings in May 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 May 1987. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
92
Busiest day
May 28, 198721 tornado 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 5:53 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque52 min
May 3, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDLimestone65 min
May 3, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXCaldwell61 min
May 4, 12:09 AM CDTTornado WarningEWXGonzales66 min
May 4, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson22 min
May 4, 1:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJasper, Newton37 min
May 15, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson20 min
May 15, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson30 min
May 19, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDMcLennan55 min
May 19, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland26 min
May 19, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque33 min
May 19, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXGuadalupe57 min
May 19, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXWilson66 min
May 19, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXBexar62 min
May 20, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXUvalde, Zavala60 min
May 20, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde58 min
May 22, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBCochran, Hockley39 min
May 22, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFReeves66 min
May 22, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos, Reeves56 min
May 23, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXKinney58 min
May 24, 9:16 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABriscoe29 min
May 24, 9:56 PM CDTTornado WarningAMABriscoe34 min
May 25, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningAMAChildress27 min
May 25, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFLoving, Ward42 min
May 25, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford50 min
May 25, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFWard39 min
May 25, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford40 min
May 25, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong67 min
May 25, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale58 min
May 25, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFWard54 min
May 25, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford65 min
May 25, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos63 min
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACastro, Swisher60 min
May 25, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale45 min
May 25, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong58 min
May 25, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Ward58 min
May 25, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford61 min
May 25, 7:52 PM CDTTornado WarningAMARandall68 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAOchiltree65 min
May 25, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford55 min
May 25, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningAMARandall60 min
May 25, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAArmstrong60 min
May 25, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAPotter54 min
May 26, 12:23 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADeaf Smith67 min
May 26, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFWinkler62 min
May 26, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews59 min
May 26, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor54 min
May 26, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews66 min
May 26, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale50 min
May 26, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFAndrews66 min
May 27, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton62 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton21 min
May 27, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos67 min
May 27, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDHamilton55 min
May 27, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFMidland, Upton65 min
May 27, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFEctor67 min
May 27, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDStonewall76 min
May 27, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBosque24 min
May 27, 8:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFCrane, Pecos53 min
May 28, 10:13 AM CDTTornado WarningLUBKing47 min
May 28, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFUpton38 min
May 28, 1:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFHoward30 min
May 28, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDShackelford60 min
May 28, 3:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDPalo Pinto63 min
May 28, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland55 min
May 28, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDCallahan40 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDParker29 min
May 28, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDEastland47 min
May 28, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDWise58 min
May 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDBrown60 min
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDJones, Shackelford60 min
May 28, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFWDTaylor60 min
May 28, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningEWXVal Verde70 min
May 29, 9:53 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXMatagorda, Wharton67 min
May 29, 10:32 AM CDTTornado WarningHGXHarris43 min
May 29, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WarningHGXLiberty47 min
May 29, 1:18 PM CDTTornado WarningLCHHardin42 min
May 29, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningAMADeaf Smith68 min
May 29, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFDawson24 min
May 29, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFGlasscock43 min
May 29, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHockley, Lubbock56 min
May 29, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFBorden, Dawson, Martin50 min
May 29, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBHale62 min
May 29, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACastro60 min
May 29, 9:46 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACastro, Randall, Swisher59 min
May 29, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningLUBLamb60 min
May 29, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningAMACastro, Swisher59 min
May 30, 1:10 AM CDTTornado WarningFWDNolan35 min
May 30, 9:57 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHOrange33 min
May 30, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningAMAHansford60 min
May 31, 9:40 AM CDTTornado WarningEPZBrewster50 min
May 31, 9:57 AM CDTTornado WarningLCHJefferson33 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

25 more counties

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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.