Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Watches / 1997
Tornado Watches in Missouri, May 1997
8 tornado watches in May 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 May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 26, 19974 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Madison, Mississippi and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Cass, Henry, Vernon | 6 hr |
| May 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Newton | 6 hr |
| May 25, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Carroll, Cass, Cedar and 16 more | 4 hr |
| May 26, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 33 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Bollinger, Butler, Camden and 42 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Mississippi, Scott | 6 hr |
| May 26, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Butler, Christian, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell and 7 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bates County4
- Vernon County4
- Newton County4
- Butler County3
- Dunklin County3
- Barton County3
- Cass County3
- Henry County3
- Cedar County3
- Dallas County3
- Hickory County3
- Polk County3
- St. Clair County3
- Barry County3
- Christian County3
- Douglas County3
- Howell County3
- McDonald County3
- Ozark County3
- Stone County3
- Taney County3
- Bollinger County2
- Cape Girardeau County2
- Madison County2
- Mississippi County2
- New Madrid County2
- Pemiscot County2
- Perry County2
- Scott County2
- Stoddard County2
- Wayne County2
- Benton County2
- Johnson County2
- Pettis County2
- Camden County2
- Dade County2
- Greene County2
- Jasper County2
- Laclede County2
- Lawrence County2
32 more counties
- Phelps County2
- Pulaski County2
- Texas County2
- Webster County2
- Wright County2
- Oregon County2
- Ripley County2
- Sainte Genevieve County1
- Buchanan County1
- Carroll County1
- Chariton County1
- Clay County1
- Clinton County1
- Jackson County1
- Lafayette County1
- Platte County1
- Ray County1
- Saline County1
- Cole County1
- Maries County1
- Miller County1
- Moniteau County1
- Morgan County1
- Osage County1
- Carter County1
- Crawford County1
- Dent County1
- Iron County1
- Reynolds County1
- Saint Francois County1
- Shannon County1
- Washington County1
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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.