Alert archive / Texas / Tornado Watches / 1997

Tornado Watches in Texas, May 1997

22 tornado 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 tornado watches reaches back to 1997.

Tornado Watches by county

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

Tornado Watches
22
Busiest day
May 27, 19975 tornado 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 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

By county

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

141 more counties

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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.