Alert archive / Texas / Flash Flood Warnings / 1997
Flash Flood Warnings in Texas, May 1997
105 flash flood warnings 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 105
- Busiest day
- May 9, 199720 flash flood warnings
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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, 9:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Panola | 4 hr |
| May 8, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Kent | 114 min |
| May 8, 8:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay | 3 hr |
| May 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Jack | 61 min |
| May 8, 9:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Baylor, Knox | 4 hr |
| May 8, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 3 hr |
| May 8, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 8, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 3 hr |
| May 8, 11:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Archer, Clay, Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 8, 11:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Fisher | 3 hr |
| May 9, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Nolan, Taylor | 3 hr |
| May 9, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Erath, Hood, Somervell | 3 hr |
| May 9, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Wise | 4 hr |
| May 9, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton, Parker, Tarrant | 4 hr |
| May 9, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Palo Pinto | 4 hr |
| May 9, 2:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Eastland | 4 hr |
| May 9, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hood, Somervell | 3 hr |
| May 9, 1:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 4 hr |
| May 9, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| May 9, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 3 hr |
| May 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Matagorda | 3 hr |
| May 14, 8:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Borden | 3 hr |
| May 15, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Taylor | 2 hr |
| May 15, 2:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Jones, Shackelford | 3 hr |
| May 15, 4:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | Tom Green | 2 hr |
| May 15, 9:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Tarrant | 3 hr |
| May 15, 9:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 60 min |
| May 15, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 2 hr |
| May 15, 6:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Houston, Trinity | 3 hr |
| May 15, 7:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 15, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 2 hr |
| May 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Collin | 3 hr |
| May 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Dallas | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Denton | 2 hr |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hunt, Kaufman | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Hopkins, Rains | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Maverick | 2 hr |
| May 19, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gillespie, Kerr | 3 hr |
| May 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 2 hr |
| May 19, 10:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Kendall | 116 min |
| May 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 3 hr |
| May 19, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Medina, Uvalde | 3 hr |
| May 21, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Kleberg | 4 hr |
| May 21, 5:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt, Lavaca | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BRO | Willacy | 116 min |
| May 21, 9:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Harris, Waller | 117 min |
| May 21, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster | 3 hr |
| May 22, 12:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Upton | 2 hr |
| May 22, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 22, 7:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 22, 2:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Victoria | 4 hr |
| May 22, 8:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Swisher | 118 min |
| May 23, 1:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Terrell | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| May 23, 10:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Nueces | 3 hr |
| May 23, 10:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | San Patricio | 3 hr |
| May 23, 1:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Calhoun | 2 hr |
| May 23, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis | 2 hr |
| May 23, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Hays | 2 hr |
| May 23, 6:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Briscoe, Hall | 2 hr |
| May 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LUB | Motley | 118 min |
| May 24, 3:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Austin, Colorado | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Waller | 3 hr |
| May 24, 3:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 2 hr |
| May 24, 4:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Falls | 3 hr |
| May 24, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 2 hr |
| May 24, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| May 24, 6:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Lavaca | 2 hr |
| May 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 109 min |
| May 24, 8:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 3 hr |
| May 24, 9:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 109 min |
| May 24, 9:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| May 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | DeWitt | 60 min |
| May 25, 12:37 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 6 hr |
| May 25, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke | 3 hr |
| May 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Edwards, Real | 2 hr |
| May 27, 4:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Travis, Williamson | 118 min |
| May 27, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Uvalde | 98 min |
| May 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SHV | Harrison, Panola | 4 hr |
| May 27, 7:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Blanco, Kendall | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bexar | 60 min |
| May 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Val Verde | 2 hr |
| May 27, 8:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Bandera | 2 hr |
| May 27, 8:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Gonzales | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Frio | 2 hr |
| May 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Karnes | 3 hr |
| May 27, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 65 min |
| May 27, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | EWX | Fayette | 3 hr |
| May 27, 11:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | CRP | Webb | 41 min |
| May 27, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Grimes, Walker | 2 hr |
| May 28, 4:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 4 hr |
| May 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MAF | Brewster, Jeff Davis | 62 min |
| May 30, 3:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | OUN | Clay, Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 30, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant, Wise | 2 hr |
| May 30, 9:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 2 hr |
| May 30, 10:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Parker, Tarrant | 68 min |
| May 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | SJT | San Saba | 3 hr |
| May 31, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harris County7
- Tarrant County6
- Parker County5
- Lavaca County5
- DeWitt County5
- Denton County4
- Wichita County3
- Clay County3
- Wise County3
- Terrell County3
- Panola County2
- Archer County2
- Palo Pinto County2
- Taylor County2
- Hood County2
- Somervell County2
- Victoria County2
- Matagorda County2
- Dallas County2
- Comanche County2
- Bandera County2
- Blanco County2
- Kendall County2
- Cooke County2
- Uvalde County2
- Austin County2
- Waller County2
- Brewster County2
- Val Verde County2
- Travis County2
- Gonzales County2
- Harrison County2
- Webb County2
- Kent County1
- Jack County1
- Baylor County1
- Knox County1
- Fisher County1
- Nolan County1
- Erath County1
45 more counties
- Eastland County1
- Jackson County1
- Borden County1
- Jones County1
- Shackelford County1
- Tom Green County1
- Houston County1
- Trinity County1
- Hamilton County1
- Collin County1
- Hunt County1
- Kaufman County1
- Hopkins County1
- Rains County1
- Maverick County1
- Gillespie County1
- Kerr County1
- Medina County1
- Kleberg County1
- Willacy County1
- Upton County1
- Swisher County1
- Nueces County1
- San Patricio County1
- Calhoun County1
- Hays County1
- Briscoe County1
- Hall County1
- Motley County1
- Colorado County1
- Falls County1
- Grayson County1
- Edwards County1
- Real County1
- Williamson County1
- Bexar County1
- Frio County1
- Karnes County1
- Fayette County1
- Grimes County1
- Walker County1
- Van Zandt County1
- Jeff Davis County1
- San Saba County1
- Montgomery 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.