Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Warnings / 1999
Tornado Warnings in Texas, May 1999
182 tornado warnings in May 1999. 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 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 182
- Busiest day
- May 4, 199936 tornado warnings
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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 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 68 min |
| May 1, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews, Ector | 32 min |
| May 1, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Gaines | 24 min |
| May 1, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 35 min |
| May 1, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Andrews | 46 min |
| May 1, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey | 33 min |
| May 1, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 33 min |
| May 1, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 24 min |
| May 1, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 34 min |
| May 1, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 34 min |
| May 1, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Martin | 30 min |
| May 1, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 32 min |
| May 1, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Swisher | 34 min |
| May 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 58 min |
| May 3, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mitchell, Nolan | 83 min |
| May 3, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Knox | 46 min |
| May 3, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 58 min |
| May 3, 8:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 79 min |
| May 3, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 63 min |
| May 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Wilbarger | 35 min |
| May 4, 12:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Wise | 34 min |
| May 4, 12:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton, Wise | 30 min |
| May 4, 2:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 78 min |
| May 4, 3:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Schleicher | 92 min |
| May 4, 4:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard | 50 min |
| May 4, 5:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard | 42 min |
| May 4, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason, Menard | 47 min |
| May 4, 6:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason | 48 min |
| May 4, 12:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood, Parker | 34 min |
| May 4, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 39 min |
| May 4, 1:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin | 24 min |
| May 4, 1:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Franklin, Red River | 48 min |
| May 4, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Smith | 47 min |
| May 4, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Wood | 40 min |
| May 4, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Titus | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Upshur | 40 min |
| May 4, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Red River | 47 min |
| May 4, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie | 45 min |
| May 4, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Gregg, Rusk | 39 min |
| May 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Lamar | 35 min |
| May 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison | 61 min |
| May 4, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cass | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Rains, Van Zandt | 24 min |
| May 4, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 29 min |
| May 4, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Navarro | 50 min |
| May 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Wood | 49 min |
| May 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Kaufman | 50 min |
| May 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Smith | 64 min |
| May 4, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 35 min |
| May 4, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 33 min |
| May 4, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 64 min |
| May 4, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 62 min |
| May 9, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 44 min |
| May 9, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Crockett | 64 min |
| May 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 50 min |
| May 9, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lynn | 53 min |
| May 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Garza | 52 min |
| May 9, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 43 min |
| May 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Garza, Kent | 63 min |
| May 9, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Garza | 57 min |
| May 9, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Cottle, King | 64 min |
| May 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Kent | 30 min |
| May 9, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens | 38 min |
| May 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 45 min |
| May 9, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown | 65 min |
| May 10, 12:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Edwards | 62 min |
| May 10, 1:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood | 29 min |
| May 10, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton | 12 min |
| May 10, 2:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Denton | 32 min |
| May 10, 7:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 45 min |
| May 10, 7:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Polk | 62 min |
| May 10, 7:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 62 min |
| May 10, 7:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 63 min |
| May 10, 7:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 60 min |
| May 10, 7:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Tyler | 49 min |
| May 10, 7:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Hardin | 50 min |
| May 10, 8:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 61 min |
| May 10, 8:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Orange | 65 min |
| May 10, 8:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 49 min |
| May 10, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 45 min |
| May 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Brown, McCulloch | 50 min |
| May 11, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | San Saba | 67 min |
| May 11, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | San Saba | 63 min |
| May 11, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano | 62 min |
| May 11, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Mason | 65 min |
| May 11, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Llano | 62 min |
| May 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Gillespie | 64 min |
| May 11, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Burnet | 61 min |
| May 11, 11:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Grimes | 35 min |
| May 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 42 min |
| May 15, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Baylor | 27 min |
| May 15, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Knox | 37 min |
| May 15, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 65 min |
| May 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 59 min |
| May 16, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens | 30 min |
| May 16, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Kent | 35 min |
| May 16, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Kent | 35 min |
| May 16, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens, King | 34 min |
| May 16, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King | 31 min |
| May 16, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Foard, Hardeman, Wilbarger | 38 min |
| May 17, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Concho | 66 min |
| May 17, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Menard | 78 min |
| May 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 36 min |
| May 17, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney, Val Verde | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 17 min |
| May 20, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Gray | 44 min |
| May 20, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 42 min |
| May 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 63 min |
| May 20, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Childress, Hall | 67 min |
| May 20, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Donley | 33 min |
| May 20, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Collingsworth, Donley | 34 min |
| May 20, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Childress | 48 min |
| May 20, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 45 min |
| May 20, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 46 min |
| May 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | San Saba | 64 min |
| May 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 38 min |
| May 24, 10:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Reeves | 49 min |
| May 24, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 63 min |
| May 25, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 24 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 42 min |
| May 25, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 56 min |
| May 25, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coke, Nolan | 62 min |
| May 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 34 min |
| May 25, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 47 min |
| May 25, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 13 min |
| May 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Tyler | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 55 min |
| May 25, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens | 64 min |
| May 25, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 47 min |
| May 25, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Wheeler | 46 min |
| May 25, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Crosby | 31 min |
| May 25, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 64 min |
| May 25, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper, Newton | 65 min |
| May 25, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Kent | 65 min |
| May 25, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham, Potter | 48 min |
| May 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 43 min |
| May 25, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Callahan | 59 min |
| May 25, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Dickens | 51 min |
| May 25, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 63 min |
| May 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell | 64 min |
| May 25, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Coleman | 62 min |
| May 25, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Knox | 50 min |
| May 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 64 min |
| May 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Randall | 36 min |
| May 25, 9:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Castro | 29 min |
| May 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Fisher, Jones | 47 min |
| May 25, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Floyd | 41 min |
| May 26, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell | 79 min |
| May 26, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Throckmorton | 77 min |
| May 26, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Kimble | 46 min |
| May 26, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving, Reeves | 26 min |
| May 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 35 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Loving | 49 min |
| May 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Ward, Winkler | 33 min |
| May 26, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 34 min |
| May 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Ward | 30 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 31 min |
| May 26, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 39 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| May 27, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Jasper | 47 min |
| May 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 63 min |
| May 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 31 min |
| May 27, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 27, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood | 28 min |
| May 27, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Somervell | 15 min |
| May 27, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 27 min |
| May 29, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 37 min |
| May 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Young | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 62 min |
| May 30, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 63 min |
| May 30, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado | 50 min |
| May 30, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado | 35 min |
| May 30, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado | 45 min |
| May 30, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette, Lavaca | 41 min |
| May 30, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 46 min |
| May 31, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Shackelford, Throckmorton | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pecos County11
- Kent County5
- Dickens County5
- Terrell County5
- Lamb County4
- Knox County4
- Menard County4
- Mason County4
- Jasper County4
- Val Verde County4
- Donley County4
- Andrews County3
- Martin County3
- Castro County3
- Hale County3
- Denton County3
- Hood County3
- Garza County3
- King County3
- Newton County3
- San Saba County3
- Hardeman County3
- Randall County3
- Loving County3
- Ward County3
- Colorado County3
- Gaines County2
- Dawson County2
- Sterling County2
- Nolan County2
- Taylor County2
- Coke County2
- Wilbarger County2
- Wise County2
- Schleicher County2
- Parker County2
- Tarrant County2
- Red River County2
- Smith County2
- Wood County2
76 more counties
- Kaufman County2
- Anderson County2
- Foard County2
- Brown County2
- Brazoria County2
- Galveston County2
- Chambers County2
- Liberty County2
- Tyler County2
- Llano County2
- Gillespie County2
- Gray County2
- Childress County2
- Reeves County2
- Crosby County2
- Floyd County2
- Runnels County2
- Haskell County2
- Fisher County2
- Jones County2
- Throckmorton County2
- Fort Bend County2
- Lavaca County2
- Ector County1
- Bailey County1
- Swisher County1
- Mitchell County1
- Tom Green County1
- Collin County1
- Franklin County1
- Titus County1
- Upshur County1
- Bowie County1
- Gregg County1
- Rusk County1
- Lamar County1
- Harrison County1
- Cass County1
- Rains County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Ellis County1
- Henderson County1
- Navarro County1
- Cherokee County1
- Nacogdoches County1
- Crane County1
- Crockett County1
- Lynn County1
- Cottle County1
- Edwards County1
- Polk County1
- Hardin County1
- Orange County1
- Kenedy County1
- Willacy County1
- McCulloch County1
- Burnet County1
- Grimes County1
- Baylor County1
- Concho County1
- Kinney County1
- Hall County1
- Collingsworth County1
- Wheeler County1
- Oldham County1
- Potter County1
- Callahan County1
- Coleman County1
- Kimble County1
- Winkler County1
- Duval County1
- Montgomery County1
- Somervell County1
- Young County1
- Fayette County1
- Shackelford 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.