Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Watches in 1997
Tornado Watch 226
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 1, 1997, 4:00 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1997, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1997, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Kearny | 48 min |
| May 1, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Finney | 45 min |
| May 1, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 29 min |
| May 1, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 62 min |
| May 1, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Gray | 62 min |
| May 1, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Seward | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver, Texas | 65 min |
| May 1, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Meade | 63 min |
| May 1, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 49 min |
| May 1, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DDC | Hodgeman | 68 min |
| May 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Beaver | 60 min |
| May 1, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Lipscomb | 64 min |
| May 1, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Lipscomb | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Major and 3 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Kansas, 1997Tornado Watches in Texas, 1997Tornado Watches in Oklahoma, 1997Every tornado 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.