Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings / 1989
Tornado Warnings in Texas, May 1989
107 tornado warnings in May 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 107
- Busiest day
- May 17, 198932 tornado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 40 min |
| May 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble | 33 min |
| May 2, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Stephens | 40 min |
| May 2, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 41 min |
| May 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath | 65 min |
| May 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 59 min |
| May 2, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 62 min |
| May 2, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 55 min |
| May 4, 6:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 51 min |
| May 4, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Moore | 60 min |
| May 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 42 min |
| May 4, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 59 min |
| May 4, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones, Shackelford | 60 min |
| May 4, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 61 min |
| May 4, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 55 min |
| May 4, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood | 62 min |
| May 4, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 65 min |
| May 4, 11:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Brown | 29 min |
| May 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 36 min |
| May 4, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Navarro | 57 min |
| May 5, 12:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 69 min |
| May 5, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | San Saba | 52 min |
| May 5, 4:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Hays | 34 min |
| May 5, 4:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 32 min |
| May 5, 4:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 35 min |
| May 5, 5:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell | 27 min |
| May 5, 7:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Hays | 63 min |
| May 5, 8:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Caldwell, Fayette | 32 min |
| May 9, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 66 min |
| May 9, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde, Zavala | 57 min |
| May 9, 11:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Zavala | 61 min |
| May 11, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 58 min |
| May 11, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 41 min |
| May 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland, Upton | 60 min |
| May 12, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle | 54 min |
| May 12, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hartley | 37 min |
| May 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 54 min |
| May 12, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 63 min |
| May 12, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland, Stephens | 56 min |
| May 12, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Eastland | 59 min |
| May 13, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Comanche | 62 min |
| May 13, 12:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 43 min |
| May 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Knox | 60 min |
| May 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 50 min |
| May 13, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes | 66 min |
| May 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 62 min |
| May 14, 11:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 43 min |
| May 15, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Jackson | 38 min |
| May 15, 8:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Victoria | 46 min |
| May 15, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 54 min |
| May 15, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 46 min |
| May 15, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens | 54 min |
| May 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King | 56 min |
| May 15, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 46 min |
| May 15, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 45 min |
| May 15, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 53 min |
| May 16, 12:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 65 min |
| May 16, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 73 min |
| May 16, 9:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 80 min |
| May 16, 9:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 46 min |
| May 16, 9:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison | 70 min |
| May 16, 9:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 70 min |
| May 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Sabine, San Augustine | 45 min |
| May 16, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 64 min |
| May 16, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Deaf Smith | 53 min |
| May 16, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard | 41 min |
| May 16, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho, Menard | 49 min |
| May 16, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 49 min |
| May 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 67 min |
| May 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 43 min |
| May 16, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 64 min |
| May 16, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood | 17 min |
| May 16, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Johnson | 38 min |
| May 16, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 44 min |
| May 16, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 16, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 40 min |
| May 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney | 45 min |
| May 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 57 min |
| May 17, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 17, 12:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 62 min |
| May 17, 12:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Terry | 70 min |
| May 17, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 17, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lynn | 59 min |
| May 17, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 60 min |
| May 17, 7:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 25 min |
| May 17, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coryell | 45 min |
| May 17, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson, Cherokee | 33 min |
| May 17, 8:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 33 min |
| May 17, 9:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | McLennan | 30 min |
| May 17, 9:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 78 min |
| May 17, 9:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Cherokee, Smith | 29 min |
| May 17, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Williamson | 44 min |
| May 17, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 49 min |
| May 17, 10:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Henderson | 64 min |
| May 17, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Upshur | 65 min |
| May 17, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass | 59 min |
| May 17, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Motley | 42 min |
| May 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Trinity | 27 min |
| May 17, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Childress | 29 min |
| May 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Panola, Shelby | 85 min |
| May 17, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Nacogdoches | 44 min |
| May 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Angelina | 66 min |
| May 17, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes, Waller | 59 min |
| May 18, 10:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 32 min |
| May 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Callahan | 68 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Val Verde County6
- Potter County5
- Randall County5
- Eastland County4
- Caldwell County4
- Comanche County3
- Hood County3
- Jones County3
- Smith County3
- Stephens County2
- Erath County2
- Palo Pinto County2
- Johnson County2
- McLennan County2
- Anderson County2
- Hays County2
- Uvalde County2
- Zavala County2
- Upton County2
- Cottle County2
- Tom Green County2
- Grimes County2
- King County2
- Deaf Smith County2
- Oldham County2
- Harrison County2
- Panola County2
- Shelby County2
- Nacogdoches County2
- Gregg County2
- Rusk County2
- Menard County2
- Coryell County2
- Cherokee County2
- Kimble County1
- Hamilton County1
- Jasper County1
- Moore County1
- Haskell County1
- Shackelford County1
39 more counties
- Brown County1
- Navarro County1
- Freestone County1
- San Saba County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Fayette County1
- Edwards County1
- Pecos County1
- Midland County1
- Hartley County1
- Knox County1
- Coke County1
- McCulloch County1
- Jackson County1
- Victoria County1
- Hale County1
- Floyd County1
- Dickens County1
- Bowie County1
- Marion County1
- Sabine County1
- San Augustine County1
- Concho County1
- Ellis County1
- Kinney County1
- Gaines County1
- Terry County1
- Lynn County1
- Williamson County1
- Henderson County1
- Upshur County1
- Cass County1
- Motley County1
- Trinity County1
- Childress County1
- Angelina County1
- Waller County1
- Harris County1
- Callahan 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.