Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 272
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 8, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT for 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 1997, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 46 min |
| May 8, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 33 min |
| May 8, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Fisher | 3 hr |
| May 9, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 63 min |
| May 9, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 46 min |
| May 9, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 9, 1:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 47 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 8, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Camp, Coleman, Collin and 42 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.