Alert archive / Texas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Texas, May 1997

32 severe thunderstorm watches 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
32
Busiest day
May 30, 19975 severe thunderstorm watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton and 6 more6 hr
May 6, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 16 more5 hr
May 6, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Concho, Crane, Dawson and 27 more6 hr
May 6, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more5 hr
May 7, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Borden, Coke, Cottle, Crane, Crockett and 35 more6 hr
May 7, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 20 more6 hr
May 7, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Baylor, Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more6 hr
May 8, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cottle, Dickens, Foard and 13 more7 hr
May 8, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 28 more4 hr
May 8, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 24 more5 hr
May 8, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Camp, Coleman, Collin and 42 more5 hr
May 14, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Dawson, Ector and 17 more4 hr
May 15, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 18 more6 hr
May 15, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Brown, Burnet and 34 more6 hr
May 15, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Bee, Brazoria, Brooks, Calhoun, DeWitt and 18 more5 hr
May 19, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Brown, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Concho and 27 more6 hr
May 23, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 22 more6 hr
May 24, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 11 more6 hr
May 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 29 more5 hr
May 24, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 28 more6 hr
May 27, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 15 more5 hr
May 27, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg and 3 more5 hr
May 28, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Colorado, DeWitt, Fort Bend, Goliad, Jackson and 6 more6 hr
May 29, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard and 10 more6 hr
May 30, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBosque, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 20 more6 hr
May 30, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie6 hr
May 30, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 30 more6 hr
May 30, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coke and 24 more5 hr
May 30, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Frio and 8 more4 hr
May 31, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette and 17 more5 hr
May 31, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Coke, Concho, Edwards, Frio, Glasscock and 17 more4 hr
May 31, 5:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval and 13 more5 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.