Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 357
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 30, 1997, 6:30 AM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1997, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1997, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Bosque County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 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
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 62 min |
| May 30, 7:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 30 min |
| May 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 27 min |
| May 30, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 69 min |
| May 30, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 2 hr |
| May 30, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 60 min |
| May 30, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Parker | 15 min |
| May 30, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hood, Johnson, Tarrant | 63 min |
| May 30, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Parker | 32 min |
| May 30, 9:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| May 30, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 68 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 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson and 36 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard and 10 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie | 6 hr |
| May 30, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coke and 24 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.