Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 410
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 12, 1997, 1:30 AM CDT for 25 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1997, 1:30 AM CDT (06:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1997, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:30 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
6 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Harvey, Sedgwick | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Butler, Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Craig | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Nowata | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 4:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TSA | Mayes, Rogers | 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Edwards and 28 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Washita | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Oklahoma, 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.