Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Bexar County, Texas, September 17, 1988

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries3

Length5 mi

Width50 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (29.40, -98.63) to the end point (29.48, -98.58), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: September 17, 1988, 5:49 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Texas
Counties: Bexar County
Near the path: San Antonio, Lackland AFB (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
Path: 5 miles long, up to 50 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 3 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on September 17, 1988

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
Sep 17, 1988	F2	Texas	11 mi	63 yd	0	2
Sep 17, 1988	F1	Texas	4 mi	30 yd	1	1
Sep 17, 1988	F1	Texas	6 mi	50 yd	0	3
Sep 17, 1988	F1	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F1	Texas	3 mi	60 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	4 mi	60 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	3.5 mi	80 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	1 mi	40 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	1.5 mi	40 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1988	F0	Texas	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.