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Tornado Warnings in Texas, 1988
140 tornado warnings in 1988. 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 140
- Busiest month
- September41 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- September 17, 198833 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
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 18, 11:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt, Wood | 64 min |
| Mar 1, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wichita | 60 min |
| Mar 1, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wichita | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 8:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Baylor | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 55 min |
| Apr 1, 3:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 68 min |
| Apr 1, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Marion | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Walker | 62 min |
| Apr 1, 4:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Upshur | 55 min |
| Apr 1, 5:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 70 min |
| Apr 1, 5:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass | 70 min |
| Apr 1, 5:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Morris | 65 min |
| Apr 1, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Rusk | 62 min |
| Apr 1, 5:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 6:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 52 min |
| Apr 1, 6:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison, Rusk | 64 min |
| Apr 1, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 67 min |
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Terry | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lynn | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Terry | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 59 min |
| Apr 24, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coleman | 59 min |
| Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 52 min |
| Apr 29, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Guadalupe, Wilson | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 18 min |
| May 8, 6:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 39 min |
| May 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Runnels, Tom Green | 26 min |
| May 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Tom Green | 29 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 48 min |
| May 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 65 min |
| May 20, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 56 min |
| May 20, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 60 min |
| May 30, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey | 57 min |
| May 30, 9:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Parmer | 28 min |
| May 30, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 37 min |
| May 31, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 58 min |
| Jun 1, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Taylor | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche, Erath | 43 min |
| Jun 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Mills | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lampasas, San Saba | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan, Taylor | 57 min |
| Jun 2, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lampasas, San Saba | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kerr | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kendall | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 102 min |
| Jun 22, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak, San Patricio | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 11:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe, Swisher | 15 min |
| Jul 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Briscoe | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 57 min |
| Jul 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stonewall | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 65 min |
| Jul 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fannin | 41 min |
| Sep 14, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 57 min |
| Sep 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Goliad | 26 min |
| Sep 16, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 63 min |
| Sep 16, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Bee | 69 min |
| Sep 17, 5:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 69 min |
| Sep 17, 6:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 57 min |
| Sep 17, 7:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bandera, Bexar, Medina | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 7:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Karnes, Wilson | 41 min |
| Sep 17, 8:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Medina | 67 min |
| Sep 17, 8:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Comal | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 9:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 63 min |
| Sep 17, 10:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kendall, Kerr | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 10:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 67 min |
| Sep 17, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 11:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 80 min |
| Sep 17, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kendall | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 42 min |
| Sep 17, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 55 min |
| Sep 17, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 29 min |
| Sep 17, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 69 min |
| Sep 17, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 50 min |
| Sep 17, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bexar | 31 min |
| Sep 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 61 min |
| Sep 17, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 59 min |
| Sep 17, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton | 34 min |
| Sep 17, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke, Grayson | 49 min |
| Sep 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 75 min |
| Sep 18, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 66 min |
| Sep 18, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Shackelford | 66 min |
| Sep 22, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Swisher | 26 min |
| Sep 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 54 min |
| Sep 29, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 25 min |
| Oct 1, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Montague | 35 min |
| Oct 1, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cooke | 59 min |
| Oct 1, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 68 min |
| Oct 1, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 16 min |
| Oct 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Oct 1, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque | 68 min |
| Oct 1, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 32 min |
| Oct 1, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell, Coryell | 31 min |
| Oct 1, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 28 min |
| Oct 1, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell, McLennan | 30 min |
| Oct 1, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 19 min |
| Nov 15, 3:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin, Hunt | 68 min |
| Nov 15, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas, Kaufman, Rockwall | 46 min |
| Nov 15, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 41 min |
| Nov 19, 11:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Franklin, Hopkins | 60 min |
| Nov 19, 12:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 33 min |
| Nov 19, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Upshur | 52 min |
| Nov 19, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg | 67 min |
| Nov 19, 1:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass, Marion | 87 min |
| Nov 19, 1:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison | 87 min |
| Nov 19, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Angelina | 27 min |
| Nov 19, 2:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola | 59 min |
| Nov 19, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison | 66 min |
| Nov 19, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Angelina | 31 min |
| Nov 25, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt, Wood | 66 min |
| Nov 25, 8:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Camp, Franklin, Titus | 66 min |
| Nov 25, 9:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Upshur, Wood | 62 min |
| Nov 26, 5:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee | 63 min |
| Nov 26, 6:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | SHV | Shelby | 68 min |
| Dec 7, 5:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet | 52 min |
| Dec 7, 6:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Val Verde County8
- Harrison County6
- Bexar County6
- Concho County6
- Smith County4
- Runnels County4
- Van Zandt County3
- Wood County3
- Gregg County3
- Marion County3
- Upshur County3
- Cherokee County3
- Lubbock County3
- Wilson County3
- Bosque County3
- Callahan County3
- Erath County3
- Kendall County3
- McLennan County3
- Bell County3
- Rains County2
- Wichita County2
- Panola County2
- Cass County2
- Rusk County2
- Andrews County2
- Terry County2
- Nueces County2
- Guadalupe County2
- Tom Green County2
- Jones County2
- Taylor County2
- Lampasas County2
- San Saba County2
- Kerr County2
- Briscoe County2
- Swisher County2
- Karnes County2
- Medina County2
- Cooke County2
66 more counties
- Franklin County2
- Angelina County2
- Baylor County1
- Harris County1
- Walker County1
- Morris County1
- Anderson County1
- Lynn County1
- Hockley County1
- Coleman County1
- Hill County1
- Ector County1
- Midland County1
- Sterling County1
- Howard County1
- Bailey County1
- Castro County1
- Parmer County1
- Deaf Smith County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Comanche County1
- Mills County1
- Caldwell County1
- DeWitt County1
- Galveston County1
- Live Oak County1
- San Patricio County1
- Crosby County1
- Brown County1
- Eastland County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Haskell County1
- Stonewall County1
- Lamb County1
- Fannin County1
- Potter County1
- Randall County1
- Goliad County1
- Hardin County1
- Bee County1
- Bandera County1
- Atascosa County1
- Comal County1
- Uvalde County1
- Edwards County1
- Kinney County1
- Denton County1
- Grayson County1
- Shackelford County1
- Montague County1
- Hood County1
- Somervell County1
- Wise County1
- Hamilton County1
- Coryell County1
- Collin County1
- Hunt County1
- Dallas County1
- Kaufman County1
- Rockwall County1
- Hopkins County1
- Camp County1
- Titus County1
- Shelby County1
- Burnet County1
- Williamson 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.