Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 337

May 27, 199722 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; Quitman County, Georgia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 27, 1997, 11:30 AM CDT for 22 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; Quitman County, Georgia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 1997, 11:30 AM CDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1997, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Quitman County, GA

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson and 13 more5 hr
May 27, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more4 hr
May 27, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCRussell6 hr
May 27, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia and 22 more4 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Alabama, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Florida, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 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.