Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings / 1991
Tornado Warnings in Texas, May 1991
90 tornado warnings in May 1991. 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 1991. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 90
- Busiest day
- May 11, 199111 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Fisher | 66 min |
| May 2, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Jones | 36 min |
| May 2, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 64 min |
| May 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Scurry | 62 min |
| May 2, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Haskell | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sutton | 50 min |
| May 3, 2:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Red River | 53 min |
| May 3, 5:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith, Upshur | 41 min |
| May 3, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Guadalupe | 55 min |
| May 3, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 57 min |
| May 3, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 58 min |
| May 3, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Coleman | 64 min |
| May 3, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 53 min |
| May 3, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | San Augustine | 59 min |
| May 4, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 39 min |
| May 4, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Delta | 22 min |
| May 4, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 33 min |
| May 4, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Smith | 23 min |
| May 4, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 62 min |
| May 4, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Washington | 63 min |
| May 4, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 63 min |
| May 4, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Angelina | 37 min |
| May 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 28 min |
| May 5, 2:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Jim Hogg | 59 min |
| May 5, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 40 min |
| May 7, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 40 min |
| May 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 62 min |
| May 7, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 44 min |
| May 7, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard, Martin | 41 min |
| May 7, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 54 min |
| May 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Howard | 46 min |
| May 7, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Mitchell, Scurry | 67 min |
| May 7, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 41 min |
| May 7, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 42 min |
| May 8, 12:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 56 min |
| May 10, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Parmer | 36 min |
| May 10, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 35 min |
| May 10, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey | 50 min |
| May 10, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Parmer | 30 min |
| May 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro | 25 min |
| May 10, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 39 min |
| May 10, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 25 min |
| May 10, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Parmer | 25 min |
| May 10, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 30 min |
| May 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 29 min |
| May 10, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 50 min |
| May 10, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro, Randall | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 30 min |
| May 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Swisher | 36 min |
| May 11, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley | 54 min |
| May 11, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 31 min |
| May 11, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Castro | 28 min |
| May 11, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Swisher | 37 min |
| May 11, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Swisher | 39 min |
| May 11, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 38 min |
| May 11, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 49 min |
| May 11, 10:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 61 min |
| May 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Upton | 62 min |
| May 12, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Midland | 60 min |
| May 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 37 min |
| May 13, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 29 min |
| May 13, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard | 69 min |
| May 13, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 35 min |
| May 13, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ector | 65 min |
| May 14, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bell | 41 min |
| May 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 61 min |
| May 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 61 min |
| May 15, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 34 min |
| May 16, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 30 min |
| May 16, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 28 min |
| May 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 47 min |
| May 22, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 35 min |
| May 22, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall, Swisher | 26 min |
| May 22, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 39 min |
| May 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 59 min |
| May 22, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward | 58 min |
| May 23, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 60 min |
| May 23, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hall | 47 min |
| May 23, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 28 min |
| May 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson | 36 min |
| May 24, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Swisher | 29 min |
| May 28, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hartley | 27 min |
| May 29, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Ochiltree | 27 min |
| May 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter | 46 min |
| May 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 31 min |
| May 29, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hutchinson, Moore | 51 min |
| May 29, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Potter, Randall | 50 min |
| May 29, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 64 min |
| May 29, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Armstrong, Carson | 66 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Randall County6
- Hale County5
- Castro County5
- Lamb County5
- Swisher County5
- Howard County4
- Hutchinson County4
- Potter County4
- Lubbock County3
- Parmer County3
- Haskell County2
- Scurry County2
- Smith County2
- Runnels County2
- McCulloch County2
- Lavaca County2
- Borden County2
- Dallam County2
- Wheeler County2
- Galveston County2
- Reeves County2
- Armstrong County2
- Carson County2
- Fisher County1
- Jones County1
- Sutton County1
- Red River County1
- Upshur County1
- Guadalupe County1
- Coleman County1
- San Augustine County1
- Delta County1
- Gonzales County1
- DeWitt County1
- Washington County1
- Angelina County1
- Hidalgo County1
- Brooks County1
- Jim Hogg County1
- San Patricio County1
22 more counties
- Dawson County1
- Martin County1
- Crosby County1
- Mitchell County1
- Harris County1
- Bailey County1
- Oldham County1
- Sherman County1
- Hockley County1
- Upton County1
- Midland County1
- Ector County1
- Bell County1
- Lipscomb County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Hardin County1
- Parker County1
- Ward County1
- Hall County1
- Hartley County1
- Ochiltree County1
- Moore 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.