Weather alerts in Texas, 1997
3,515 weather alerts in 1997, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,515
- Warnings
- 3,339
- Watches
- 176
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June1,047 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 17, 1997122 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,515 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 2,101 |
| Tornado Warning | 366 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 93 |
| Tornado Watch | 83 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 872 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harris County96
- Brazoria County63
- Pecos County63
- Tarrant County61
- Tom Green County58
- Montgomery County56
- Hunt County56
- Dallas County55
- Parker County55
- Liberty County52
- Harrison County51
- Houston County50
- Denton County50
- Ector County50
- Galveston County49
- Van Zandt County49
- Wise County49
- Collin County49
- Midland County48
- Travis County47
- Shelby County47
- Andrews County47
- Chambers County46
- Live Oak County45
- Terrell County45
- Nolan County45
- Taylor County45
- Briscoe County45
- Wheeler County45
- Polk County44
- Williamson County44
- Victoria County44
- Grayson County44
- Bexar County44
- DeWitt County44
- Clay County44
- Gray County44
- Nacogdoches County43
- Angelina County43
- Lavaca County43
214 more counties
- Dawson County43
- Hill County42
- Hopkins County42
- Jack County42
- Val Verde County42
- Kerr County42
- Archer County42
- Swisher County42
- Kaufman County41
- Panola County41
- Rains County41
- Palo Pinto County41
- Goliad County41
- Gaines County41
- Scurry County41
- Anderson County40
- Trinity County40
- Bandera County40
- Kendall County40
- Carson County40
- Lynn County40
- Cherokee County39
- Hays County39
- Fort Bend County39
- Gregg County38
- Henderson County38
- Marion County38
- Wharton County38
- Bosque County38
- Cooke County38
- Hutchinson County38
- Garza County38
- Crosby County38
- Ellis County37
- Falls County37
- Rockwall County37
- Rusk County37
- Wood County37
- Sabine County37
- Cass County37
- Gillespie County37
- Coke County37
- Brown County37
- Lamar County37
- Wichita County37
- Collingsworth County37
- Hall County37
- Moore County37
- Lubbock County37
- Martin County37
- McLennan County36
- Austin County36
- Tyler County36
- Fannin County36
- Blanco County36
- Comal County36
- Delta County36
- Donley County36
- Randall County36
- Floyd County36
- Hale County36
- Navarro County35
- San Jacinto County35
- Johnson County35
- Erath County35
- Comanche County35
- Nueces County35
- Howard County35
- Hardin County34
- Waller County34
- Matagorda County34
- Edwards County34
- San Patricio County34
- Coleman County34
- Kent County34
- Bell County33
- Leon County33
- Limestone County33
- Upshur County33
- Jasper County33
- San Augustine County33
- Bee County33
- Mills County33
- Montague County33
- Jim Wells County33
- Irion County33
- Potter County33
- Knox County33
- Lamb County33
- Smith County32
- Colorado County32
- Medina County32
- Real County32
- Eastland County32
- Mitchell County32
- Borden County32
- Newton County31
- Hood County31
- Hamilton County31
- Uvalde County31
- Burnet County31
- San Saba County31
- Hockley County31
- Grimes County30
- Jefferson County30
- Titus County30
- Somervell County30
- Kimble County30
- Childress County30
- Baylor County30
- Runnels County30
- Armstrong County30
- Ochiltree County30
- Dickens County30
- Terry County30
- Camp County29
- Franklin County29
- Jackson County29
- Karnes County29
- Jones County29
- Sterling County29
- Roberts County29
- Castro County29
- Hardeman County29
- Fisher County29
- Brewster County29
- Freestone County28
- Madison County28
- Walker County28
- Washington County28
- Caldwell County28
- Morris County28
- Refugio County28
- Gonzales County28
- Callahan County28
- Kleberg County28
- Hemphill County28
- Foard County28
- Bastrop County27
- Fayette County27
- Bowie County27
- Crockett County27
- Frio County27
- McMullen County27
- Stephens County27
- Guadalupe County27
- Llano County27
- Young County27
- Red River County27
- Upton County27
- Hansford County27
- Motley County27
- Mason County26
- Lampasas County26
- Reagan County26
- Webb County26
- Parmer County26
- Crane County26
- Glasscock County26
- Wilbarger County26
- Burleson County25
- Atascosa County25
- King County25
- Stonewall County25
- Brazos County24
- Orange County24
- Schleicher County24
- Concho County24
- Duval County24
- Hartley County24
- Yoakum County24
- Sherman County24
- Robertson County23
- Calhoun County23
- Shackelford County23
- Lipscomb County23
- Cottle County23
- Bailey County23
- Hudspeth County23
- Milam County22
- Coryell County22
- Wilson County22
- Menard County22
- Haskell County22
- Winkler County22
- La Salle County21
- Zavala County20
- McCulloch County20
- Cochran County20
- Lee County19
- Deaf Smith County19
- Culberson County18
- Aransas County17
- Hidalgo County17
- Throckmorton County17
- Oldham County17
- Starr County17
- Jeff Davis County17
- Dallam County17
- Dimmit County16
- Kinney County16
- Sutton County15
- Brooks County15
- Jim Hogg County14
- Ward County14
- Maverick County13
- Willacy County13
- Cameron County11
- Reeves County11
- Presidio County11
- Kenedy County10
- Zapata County9
- El Paso County9
- Loving County8
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. Rebuilt daily.