Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings / 1988
Tornado Warnings in Texas, April 1988
23 tornado warnings in April 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 April 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- April 1, 198811 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harrison County4
- Smith County3
- Gregg County2
- Marion County2
- Rusk County2
- Cherokee County2
- Terry County2
- Walker County1
- Panola County1
- Upshur County1
- Cass County1
- Morris County1
- Anderson County1
- Andrews County1
- Lynn County1
- Hockley County1
- Lubbock County1
- Coleman County1
- Nueces County1
- Bexar County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Wilson County1
Nearby
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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.