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Tornado Watches in Texas, 1997

83 tornado watches in 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.

Tornado Watches by county

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

Tornado Watches
83
Busiest month
May22 tornado watches
Busiest day
February 20, 19975 tornado watches

Over time

By month

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
Jan 23, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 30 more6 hr
Feb 19, 9:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Crockett, Dimmit and 18 more5 hr
Feb 20, 5:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 56 more6 hr
Feb 20, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 34 more6 hr
Feb 20, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco and 32 more6 hr
Feb 20, 3:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bowie, Brazoria, Camp, Cass and 43 more6 hr
Feb 20, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCass6 hr
Feb 20, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCNewton, Sabine6 hr
Mar 1, 12:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Dallas, Delta, Franklin and 13 more6 hr
Mar 1, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCHarrison4 hr
Mar 1, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 6 more3 hr
Mar 1, 10:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 30 more6 hr
Mar 1, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Duval, Fort Bend and 14 more5 hr
Mar 2, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson and 10 more6 hr
Mar 24, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 26 more6 hr
Apr 4, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBosque, Collin, Comanche, Dallas, Denton, Ellis and 19 more6 hr
Apr 4, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson and 28 more6 hr
Apr 4, 7:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson and 27 more6 hr
Apr 4, 10:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin and 19 more6 hr
Apr 10, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 35 more6 hr
Apr 10, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Coke and 36 more6 hr
Apr 11, 3:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 26 more6 hr
Apr 11, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, Fayette and 18 more6 hr
Apr 22, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Freestone and 17 more5 hr
Apr 24, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 24 more6 hr
Apr 24, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrane, Pecos, Reagan, Terrell, Upton, Ward5 hr
Apr 25, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazoria and 31 more6 hr
May 1, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree and 2 more6 hr
May 1, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBriscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley and 7 more5 hr
May 1, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBriscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley, Floyd and 7 more6 hr
May 2, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCSabine7 hr
May 6, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore and 2 more5 hr
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 29 more6 hr
May 7, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBriscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hall and 2 more6 hr
May 7, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBriscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Hall6 hr
May 22, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarson, Gray, Hansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb and 6 more7 hr
May 25, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Foard, Hardeman and 4 more6 hr
May 25, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 13 more5 hr
May 26, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Fannin and 13 more5 hr
May 27, 2:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCass5 hr
May 27, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Brazos, Camp, Cherokee and 33 more6 hr
May 27, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Morris6 hr
May 27, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 31 more6 hr
May 27, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Brazos, Cherokee, Freestone, Gregg and 20 more6 hr
May 27, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Bexar, Calhoun, DeWitt and 25 more6 hr
May 28, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro and 29 more5 hr
May 28, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCrane, Ector, Loving, Midland, Pecos, Reeves and 4 more5 hr
May 29, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 13 more6 hr
May 29, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson and 36 more6 hr
Jun 2, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley and 7 more6 hr
Jun 7, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCEl Paso6 hr
Jun 7, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCulberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis5 hr
Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, Edwards and 17 more6 hr
Jun 8, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 13 more5 hr
Jun 11, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts6 hr
Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle and 21 more6 hr
Jun 11, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 19 more6 hr
Jun 12, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 19 more6 hr
Jun 12, 10:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Jack, Montague and 2 more6 hr
Jun 13, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 30 more6 hr
Jun 13, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque and 44 more6 hr
Jun 13, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCass6 hr
Jun 13, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCSabine6 hr
Jun 16, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Foard and 8 more6 hr
Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bosque, Bowie, Brown, Callahan and 61 more6 hr
Jun 16, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar and 3 more6 hr
Jun 16, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass and 41 more7 hr
Jun 17, 6:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Newton, Polk and 4 more6 hr
Jun 22, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Cherokee, Clay, Collin and 27 more5 hr
Jul 5, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBailey, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 11 more6 hr
Oct 12, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Parmer, Sherman6 hr
Oct 23, 9:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 23 more6 hr
Oct 23, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 18 more6 hr
Oct 23, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell and 27 more5 hr
Oct 23, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Brazos, Cherokee, Freestone, Grimes and 18 more6 hr
Oct 24, 12:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCJasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine7 hr
Oct 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 32 more7 hr
Oct 25, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFannin, Grayson, Lamar, Red River7 hr
Oct 25, 2:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCSabine6 hr
Oct 25, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Chambers, Fort Bend, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more6 hr
Nov 28, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin, Harris and 13 more5 hr
Dec 20, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 23 more6 hr
Dec 23, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt and 26 more6 hr

By county

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

205 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. February 20, 19975tornado watches
  2. May 27, 19975tornado watches
  3. March 2, 19974tornado watches
  4. June 13, 19974tornado watches
  5. April 11, 19973tornado watches
  6. May 28, 19973tornado watches
  7. June 17, 19973tornado watches
  8. October 23, 19973tornado watches
  9. October 25, 19973tornado watches
  10. February 21, 19972tornado watches
  11. March 1, 19972tornado watches
  12. April 4, 19972tornado watches

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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.