Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 446
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 15, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT for 57 counties in Kansas; Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1997, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1997, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clark County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Platte County, MO
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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
12 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Comanche | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Reno | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Kingman | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Pratt, Stafford | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Sedgwick | 59 min |
| Jun 15, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Chase | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 11:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Marion | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ICT | Cowley | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 12:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ICT | Chase | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 2:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Johnson, Miami | 104 min |
| Jun 16, 2:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EAX | Linn | 104 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 16, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan, Caldwell and 41 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Kansas, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Missouri, 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.