Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 592

July 9, 199751 counties in Kansas; Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 9, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT for 51 counties in Kansas; Buchanan County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1997, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1997, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPOttawa34 min
Jul 9, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPClay47 min

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.