Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches / 1997
Tornado Watches in Missouri, March 1997
3 tornado watches in March 1997. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in March 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest day
- March 1, 19971 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot | 7 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Jefferson and 15 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mississippi County2
- New Madrid County2
- Dunklin County1
- Pemiscot County1
- Bates County1
- Buchanan County1
- Caldwell County1
- Carroll County1
- Cass County1
- Chariton County1
- Clay County1
- Clinton County1
- Henry County1
- Jackson County1
- Johnson County1
- Lafayette County1
- Linn County1
- Livingston County1
- Macon County1
- Platte County1
- Ray County1
- Saline County1
- Vernon County1
- Bollinger County1
- Butler County1
- Cape Girardeau County1
- Carter County1
- Iron County1
- Jefferson County1
- Madison County1
- Perry County1
- Reynolds County1
- Ripley County1
- Saint Charles County1
- Sainte Genevieve County1
- Saint Francois County1
- Saint Louis County1
- Scott County1
- Stoddard County1
- Washington County1
2 more counties
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.