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Tornado Watch 373

June 1, 199737 counties in Florida

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 1, 1997, 11:45 AM EDT for 37 counties in Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1997, 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1997, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Alachua County, FL, Brevard County, FL, Broward County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, Collier County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Dixie County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lake County, FL, Lee County, FL, Levy County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Martin County, FL, Miami-Dade County, FL, Monroe County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Palm Beach County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Putnam County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 12:38 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBVolusia47 min
Jun 1, 1:45 PM EDTTornado WarningMLBBrevard60 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNassau6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in Florida, 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.