Alert archive / Montana / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Montana, 1997
4 tornado watches in 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- June3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 22, 19971 tornado watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, McCone and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:30 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Horn, Carbon, Fergus, Gallatin, Golden Valley, Judith Basin and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Garfield and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Horn, Carter, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon and 13 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Carter County3
- Custer County3
- Daniels County3
- Dawson County3
- Fallon County3
- McCone County3
- Prairie County3
- Richland County3
- Roosevelt County3
- Sheridan County3
- Valley County3
- Wibaux County3
- Rosebud County3
- Treasure County3
- Big Horn County2
- Petroleum County2
- Garfield County2
- Phillips County2
- Powder River County2
- Carbon County1
- Fergus County1
- Gallatin County1
- Golden Valley County1
- Judith Basin County1
- Meagher County1
- Musselshell County1
- Park County1
- Stillwater County1
- Sweet Grass County1
- Wheatland County1
- Yellowstone County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.