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Tornado Warnings in Texas, May 2021
100 tornado warnings in May 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 100
- Busiest day
- May 18, 202116 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 1, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Nueces | 18 min |
| May 3, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson | 28 min |
| May 3, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 44 min |
| May 3, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Johnson | 43 min |
| May 3, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Collin | 43 min |
| May 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 30 min |
| May 3, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Johnson | 38 min |
| May 3, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis | 45 min |
| May 3, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Kaufman | 22 min |
| May 4, 11:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 23 min |
| May 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Kinney, Uvalde | 16 min |
| May 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Walker | 32 min |
| May 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Madison, Walker | 18 min |
| May 11, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity, Walker | 25 min |
| May 11, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity, Walker | 33 min |
| May 11, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Houston, Polk, Trinity | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Live Oak, McMullen | 40 min |
| May 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Live Oak, McMullen | 42 min |
| May 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, McMullen | 45 min |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval, Jim Wells, Live Oak | 51 min |
| May 11, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Duval | 28 min |
| May 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Kleberg | 34 min |
| May 15, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 8 min |
| May 15, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 17 min |
| May 15, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo, Willacy | 15 min |
| May 16, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, San Patricio | 21 min |
| May 16, 12:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Aransas, Refugio | 9 min |
| May 16, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill | 28 min |
| May 16, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Johnson | 38 min |
| May 16, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Dallas | 18 min |
| May 16, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 33 min |
| May 16, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lamb | 32 min |
| May 16, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell, Jones | 44 min |
| May 17, 5:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 32 min |
| May 17, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 27 min |
| May 17, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hartley, Oldham | 19 min |
| May 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard, Mitchell | 40 min |
| May 17, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Stonewall | 31 min |
| May 17, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Haskell | 30 min |
| May 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | King, Stonewall | 26 min |
| May 17, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 39 min |
| May 17, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Howard, Mitchell | 51 min |
| May 17, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 41 min |
| May 17, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hockley, Lubbock | 50 min |
| May 17, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Sterling | 50 min |
| May 17, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 32 min |
| May 18, 1:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | CRP | Jim Wells, Nueces | 24 min |
| May 18, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Howard | 31 min |
| May 18, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 27 min |
| May 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Bowie, Cass | 35 min |
| May 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Dawson | 43 min |
| May 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 31 min |
| May 18, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 34 min |
| May 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 51 min |
| May 18, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 34 min |
| May 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 18, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 20 min |
| May 18, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Colorado | 27 min |
| May 18, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado, Fort Bend, Waller, Wharton | 36 min |
| May 18, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris, Waller | 33 min |
| May 18, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden, Mitchell, Scurry | 32 min |
| May 18, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 31 min |
| May 18, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris, Liberty | 29 min |
| May 19, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks, Hidalgo, Starr | 24 min |
| May 19, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Hidalgo | 18 min |
| May 19, 8:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Brooks | 13 min |
| May 19, 9:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 10 min |
| May 19, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy, Willacy | 19 min |
| May 19, 9:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Kenedy | 17 min |
| May 19, 9:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | BRO | Willacy | 16 min |
| May 20, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SHV | Harrison | 25 min |
| May 26, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 52 min |
| May 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford | 51 min |
| May 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Ochiltree | 51 min |
| May 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray, Hutchinson, Roberts | 50 min |
| May 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Lipscomb, Ochiltree | 38 min |
| May 26, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Reeves, Ward | 20 min |
| May 26, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale, Lamb | 31 min |
| May 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 30 min |
| May 26, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Hale | 31 min |
| May 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette | 31 min |
| May 28, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LUB | Bailey, Parmer | 35 min |
| May 28, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | EWX | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 30, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Oldham | 16 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 52 min |
| May 30, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 51 min |
| May 30, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Sherman | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Hansford, Sherman | 46 min |
| May 30, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Borden | 15 min |
| May 30, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | AMA | Carson, Gray | 22 min |
| May 31, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 36 min |
| May 31, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Pecos, Terrell | 45 min |
| May 31, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Pecos, Terrell | 52 min |
| May 31, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Brewster, Terrell | 49 min |
| May 31, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MAF | Terrell | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Houston County6
- Fayette County6
- Pecos County6
- Johnson County5
- Ellis County5
- Hidalgo County5
- Hansford County5
- Terrell County5
- Hill County4
- Walker County4
- Trinity County4
- Duval County4
- Willacy County4
- Sherman County4
- Live Oak County3
- McMullen County3
- Jim Wells County3
- Lamb County3
- Stonewall County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Sterling County3
- Lavaca County3
- Fort Bend County3
- Harris County3
- Kenedy County3
- Ochiltree County3
- Carson County3
- Hale County3
- Nueces County2
- Newton County2
- Madison County2
- Aransas County2
- Haskell County2
- Oldham County2
- Glasscock County2
- Lubbock County2
- Colorado County2
- Waller County2
- Borden County2
38 more counties
- Brooks County2
- Gray County2
- Dallam County2
- Brewster County2
- Hood County1
- Bosque County1
- Collin County1
- Kaufman County1
- Kinney County1
- Uvalde County1
- Polk County1
- Kleberg County1
- San Patricio County1
- Refugio County1
- Dallas County1
- Jones County1
- Hartley County1
- King County1
- Hockley County1
- Bowie County1
- Cass County1
- Dawson County1
- Austin County1
- Wharton County1
- Scurry County1
- Chambers County1
- Liberty County1
- Starr County1
- Harrison County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Roberts County1
- Lipscomb County1
- Reeves County1
- Ward County1
- Bastrop County1
- Caldwell County1
- Bailey County1
- Parmer 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.