Alert archive / Oklahoma / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 270
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 8, 1997, 3:30 PM CDT for 24 counties in Oklahoma; 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1997, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties
Caddo County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Montague County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX
Warnings issued inside it
28 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Harmon, Jackson | 39 min |
| May 8, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 61 min |
| May 8, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Foard, Knox | 43 min |
| May 8, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 45 min |
| May 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 45 min |
| May 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Kent | 114 min |
| May 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Jackson, Tillman | 46 min |
| May 8, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 46 min |
| May 8, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 53 min |
| May 8, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Tillman | 47 min |
| May 8, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 40 min |
| May 8, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Carter, Love | 40 min |
| May 8, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 52 min |
| May 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Cotton | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 50 min |
| May 8, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 50 min |
| May 8, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Clay | 45 min |
| May 8, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack, Montague | 57 min |
| May 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Clay | 34 min |
| May 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 61 min |
| May 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 61 min |
| May 8, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Garza, Lynn | 49 min |
| May 8, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 4 hr |
| May 8, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Kent | 48 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Coal, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Baylor, Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more | 6 hr |
| May 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 28 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.