Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 496
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 21, 1997, 2:15 AM CDT for 15 counties in Illinois; Clinton County, Jackson County, Scott County, Iowa; 20 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 1997, 2:15 AM CDT (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 1997, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties
Clinton County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Scott County, IA, Boone County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Cook County, IL, DeKalb County, IL, DuPage County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, Kane County, IL, Lake County, IL, Lee County, IL, McHenry County, IL, Ogle County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Winnebago County, IL, Columbia County, WI, Dane County, WI, Dodge County, WI, Fond du Lac County, WI, Grant County, WI, Green County, WI, Iowa County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Kenosha County, WI, Lafayette County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Richland County, WI, Rock County, WI, Sauk County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Walworth County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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
19 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 3:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 119 min |
| Jun 21, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 65 min |
| Jun 21, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 55 min |
| Jun 21, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dodge, Washington | 119 min |
| Jun 21, 4:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 119 min |
| Jun 21, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 5:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Mercer, Rock Island | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 5:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Whiteside | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 62 min |
| Jun 21, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jo Daviess | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Lee, Ogle | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LOT | Winnebago | 41 min |
| Jun 21, 6:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 60 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 21, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mercer | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 7:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 20 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Illinois, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 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.