Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Watches in 1997
Tornado Watch 597
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jul 12, 1997, 2:00 PM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska; 7 counties in South Dakota; 7 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1997, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1997, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties
Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Garden County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Converse County, WY, Crook County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY, Weston County, WY
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
9 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Campbell | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Weston | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte, Lawrence | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Meade, Pennington | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 44 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Nebraska, 1997Tornado Watches in South Dakota, 1997Tornado Watches in Wyoming, 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.