Tornado, Andrews
- When
- April 16, 3:48 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -102.950
Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 16, 1988
14 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
14 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Andrews
- When
- April 16, 4:17 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -102.470
Tornado, Andrews
- When
- April 16, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -102.780
Hail, Kent
- When
- April 16, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Kent County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.070, -100.870
Hail, Gaines
- When
- April 16, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.650, -102.650
Hail, Gaines
- When
- April 16, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -102.420
Hail, Andrews
- When
- April 16, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -102.800
Hail, Terry
- When
- April 16, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Terry County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.180, -102.180
Hail, Andrews
- When
- April 16, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.170, -102.730
Hail, Lynn
- When
- April 16, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -102.030
Hail, Andrews
- When
- April 16, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.200, -102.680
Hail, Lubbock
- When
- April 16, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -101.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Lubbock
- When
- April 16, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.720, -102.020
Hail, Andrews
- When
- April 16, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -102.550
Hail, Andrews
- When
- April 16, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Andrews County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.150, -102.550
Hail, Lynn
- When
- April 16, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lynn County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.020, -102.030
Hail, Ector
- When
- April 16, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -102.370
Hail, Midland
- When
- April 16, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Midland County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.020, -102.130
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Texas in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 1988Warnings in Texas, April 1988
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10137458, 10137459, 10137460, 10137461, 10137462, 10137463, 10137464, 10137465, 10137466, 10137467, 10137468, 10137469, 10137470, 10137471, 10137472, 10137473, 10137474, 10137475.