Alert archive / Texas / 1997
Weather alerts in Texas, August 1997
146 weather alerts in August 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 August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 146
- Warnings
- 143
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 18, 199720 alerts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Carson | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EPZ | El Paso | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Callahan, Taylor | 65 min |
| Aug 6, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Shackelford | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 2:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 6:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Crockett | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 7:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Blanco | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | EWX | Atascosa | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 9:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Atascosa, Bexar, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Comal, Kendall | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Shelby | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Panola, Rusk | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Menard | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | San Saba | 48 min |
| Aug 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mason | 35 min |
| Aug 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Kimble, Mason | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Oldham | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Borden | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Dickens | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Castro | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Swisher | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Cottle | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Haskell, Throckmorton | 64 min |
| Aug 11, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | AMA | Dallam, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Midland | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 5 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita | 67 min |
| Aug 15, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Crockett | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Terrell | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Pecos | 65 min |
| Aug 15, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Upton | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Wichita | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Wichita | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Clay | 65 min |
| Aug 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer, Wichita | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Wilbarger | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OUN | Archer | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Young | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Archer | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Knox | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Andrews, Martin | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis, Presidio | 119 min |
| Aug 18, 4:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Gaines | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Gaines | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Donley, Gray | 60 min |
| Aug 18, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Dawson, Gaines | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LUB | Lubbock | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Pecos | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Crane, Pecos | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Ector | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Ector, Midland | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 31 min |
| Aug 18, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Glasscock | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 8:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Glasscock, Martin | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 9:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Howard | 107 min |
| Aug 18, 9:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Martin | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Midland | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Hardeman | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OUN | Foard, Knox | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Jeff Davis | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coke, Tom Green | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Irion | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Gray | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Jack | 49 min |
| Aug 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Lamar | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Fannin | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Jones | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Denton | 66 min |
| Aug 20, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Hunt | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Collin | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison, Marion | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Gregg, Harrison | 56 min |
| Aug 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | McCulloch | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Nolan | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Burleson | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts | 4 hr |
| Aug 22, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hardeman | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Bowie | 59 min |
| Aug 22, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cass | 65 min |
| Aug 22, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Freestone, Harrison, Henderson and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Marion | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Harrison | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Sabine | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jefferson | 67 min |
| Aug 22, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 69 min |
| Aug 22, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Taylor | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 49 min |
| Aug 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Taylor | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | SJT | Runnels | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Dawson | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Runnels | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina | 33 min |
| Aug 22, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Coleman | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SJT | Mitchell | 65 min |
| Aug 22, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MAF | Howard | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 63 min |
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 | 108 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 31 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Midland County11
- Howard County7
- Taylor County5
- Anderson County5
- Knox County5
- Archer County5
- Shelby County4
- Nacogdoches County4
- Wichita County4
- Foard County4
- Harrison County4
- Montgomery County4
- Coleman County4
- Terrell County3
- Panola County3
- Ector County3
- Jeff Davis County3
- Pecos County3
- Martin County3
- Gaines County3
- Runnels County3
- Oldham County2
- Crockett County2
- Burleson County2
- Atascosa County2
- Rusk County2
- Mason County2
- Jones County2
- Haskell County2
- Collin County2
- Hemphill County2
- Nolan County2
- Clay County2
- Gray County2
- Dawson County2
- Glasscock County2
- Hardeman County2
- Tom Green County2
- Marion County2
- Cherokee County2
67 more counties
- Jefferson County2
- Angelina County2
- Newton County2
- Sabine County2
- Carson County1
- El Paso County1
- Callahan County1
- Shackelford County1
- Blanco County1
- Bexar County1
- Wilson County1
- Austin County1
- Washington County1
- Comal County1
- Kendall County1
- Menard County1
- San Saba County1
- Kimble County1
- Borden County1
- Dickens County1
- Castro County1
- Swisher County1
- Cottle County1
- Throckmorton County1
- Dallam County1
- Sherman County1
- Grayson County1
- Upton County1
- Wilbarger County1
- Young County1
- Baylor County1
- Andrews County1
- Presidio County1
- Donley County1
- Lubbock County1
- Crane County1
- Brewster County1
- Coke County1
- Irion County1
- Jack County1
- Lamar County1
- Fannin County1
- Denton County1
- Hunt County1
- Gregg County1
- McCulloch County1
- Hansford County1
- Hutchinson County1
- Lipscomb County1
- Ochiltree County1
- Roberts County1
- Bowie County1
- Cass County1
- Freestone County1
- Henderson County1
- Houston County1
- Jasper County1
- Leon County1
- Madison County1
- Polk County1
- San Augustine County1
- San Jacinto County1
- Trinity County1
- Tyler County1
- Walker County1
- Chambers County1
- Mitchell 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. Rebuilt daily.