Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 651
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 25, 1997, 3:30 AM CDT for 23 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 1997, 3:30 AM CDT (08:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1997, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties
Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 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
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 4:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott | 4 hr |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Faribault, Jackson and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Wisconsin, 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.