Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 726
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 12, 1997, 5:00 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma; 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 1997, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 1997, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Trego County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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
11 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Finney | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness, Trego | 29 min |
| Sep 12, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 33 min |
| Sep 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ness | 49 min |
| Sep 12, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford, Hodgeman | 62 min |
| Sep 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman, Ness | 62 min |
| Sep 12, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 30 min |
| Sep 12, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 48 min |
| Sep 12, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney, Hodgeman | 48 min |
| Sep 12, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Ford | 31 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 Oklahoma, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, 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.