Alert archive / Texas / 1997
Weather alerts in Texas, January 1997
58 weather alerts in January 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 January 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 58
- Warnings
- 52
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- January 27, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Galveston | 67 min |
| Jan 6, 7:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 27 min |
| Jan 6, 8:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 42 min |
| Jan 15, 5:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Montgomery | 62 min |
| Jan 23, 2:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bell | 43 min |
| Jan 23, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Camp and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Falls | 42 min |
| Jan 23, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 60 min |
| Jan 23, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Rusk | 44 min |
| Jan 23, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Panola | 68 min |
| Jan 23, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 61 min |
| Jan 23, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 47 min |
| Jan 23, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LCH | Newton | 27 min |
| Jan 23, 5:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Houston | 55 min |
| Jan 23, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 43 min |
| Jan 23, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Cherokee | 50 min |
| Jan 23, 6:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 54 min |
| Jan 23, 6:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Rusk | 47 min |
| Jan 23, 6:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches | 31 min |
| Jan 23, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Nacogdoches, Rusk | 35 min |
| Jan 27, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 2:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 56 min |
| Jan 27, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris, Liberty | 55 min |
| Jan 27, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Newton | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 3:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 58 min |
| Jan 27, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Harris | 59 min |
| Jan 27, 4:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 65 min |
| Jan 27, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Fort Bend | 65 min |
| Jan 27, 4:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | San Augustine | 26 min |
| Jan 27, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris | 62 min |
| Jan 27, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris | 68 min |
| Jan 27, 4:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Trinity | 62 min |
| Jan 27, 5:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 88 min |
| Jan 27, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Liberty | 60 min |
| Jan 27, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Harris | 61 min |
| Jan 27, 5:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina | 45 min |
| Jan 27, 5:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Shelby | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 6:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 6:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Liberty | 51 min |
| Jan 27, 6:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris | 65 min |
| Jan 27, 6:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 68 min |
| Jan 27, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 7:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 69 min |
| Jan 27, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Chambers, Harris | 61 min |
| Jan 27, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Chambers | 69 min |
| Jan 27, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Galveston | 65 min |
| Jan 27, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Jasper | 34 min |
| Jan 27, 8:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Galveston | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LCH | Hardin | 49 min |
| Jan 27, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Polk | 60 min |
| Jan 27, 8:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LCH | Hardin | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 9:03 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty | 3 hr |
| Jan 27, 9:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | HGX | Galveston | 69 min |
| Jan 27, 9:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | SHV | Angelina | 37 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 | 38 |
| Tornado Warning | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harris County14
- Chambers County10
- Liberty County9
- Brazoria County8
- Nacogdoches County7
- Rusk County7
- Galveston County6
- Newton County6
- Angelina County6
- Cherokee County5
- Polk County5
- Hardin County5
- Fort Bend County5
- Montgomery County4
- Anderson County4
- Houston County4
- Leon County4
- Panola County4
- Trinity County4
- Jasper County4
- Sabine County4
- San Augustine County4
- Shelby County4
- Brazos County3
- Burleson County3
- Gregg County3
- Grimes County3
- Harrison County3
- Lee County3
- Madison County3
- Marion County3
- San Jacinto County3
- Upshur County3
- Walker County3
- Washington County3
- Jefferson County3
- Orange County3
- Tyler County3
- Bell County2
- Bastrop County2
40 more counties
- Camp County2
- Falls County2
- Milam County2
- Robertson County2
- Smith County2
- Wood County2
- Austin County2
- Fayette County2
- Waller County2
- Dallas County1
- Ellis County1
- Freestone County1
- Hays County1
- Henderson County1
- Hill County1
- Kaufman County1
- Limestone County1
- McLennan County1
- Navarro County1
- Rains County1
- Rockwall County1
- Travis County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Williamson County1
- Caldwell County1
- Bowie County1
- Cass County1
- Franklin County1
- Hopkins County1
- Morris County1
- Titus County1
- Aransas County1
- Calhoun County1
- Colorado County1
- Jackson County1
- Lavaca County1
- Matagorda County1
- Refugio County1
- Victoria County1
- Wharton 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.