Tornado, Gaines
- When
- August 2, 3:46 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.720, -102.950
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 2, 1989
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lubbock
- When
- August 2, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lubbock County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -101.850
Tornado, Swisher
- When
- August 2, 4:19 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -101.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Swisher
- When
- August 2, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Swisher County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -101.720
Tornado, Ector
- When
- August 2, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Ector County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.850, -102.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Gaines
- When
- August 2, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gaines County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.920, -102.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Dawson
- When
- August 2, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 32.730, -101.970
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.
- 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
- Tornado in New Mexico, August 2, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Montana, August 2, 1989
More
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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: 10136867, 10136868, 10136869, 10136870, 10136871, 10136872, 10136873.