Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Binghamton, NY
NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1997, 9:08 PM EDT for Sullivan County, New York; Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1997, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1997, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Binghamton, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sullivan County, NY, Pike County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 9:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Shandelee, NY | A cluster of thunderstorms became severe over Sullivan county and produced scattered wind damage across northern sections of the county. At 925 pm EDT, trees and wires were downed in the town of Shandelee. The storm then moved east and blew down more larg |
| May 19, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Greentown, PA | The line of severe thunderstorms continued to march eastward towards the Delaware river. It caused more wind damage as it crossed Pike county. At about 930 pm EDT, strong winds downed more large trees in Green township, with several blocking roadways. Fr |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 19, 8:52 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 8:52 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 19, 5:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PAZ038-044-047-039-040-043-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 522 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BRADFORD PA... LACKAWANNA PA... LUZERNE PA... SUSQUEHANNA PA... WAYNE PA... WYOMING PA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GET TO A SAFE PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN. STAY OFF THE PHONE AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER IN THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AND GET OUT OF OPEN AREAS. ONCE AGAIN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. JSW
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PAZ038-044-047-039-040-043-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 522 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BRADFORD PA... LACKAWANNA PA... LUZERNE PA... SUSQUEHANNA PA... WAYNE PA... WYOMING PA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GET TO A SAFE PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN. STAY OFF THE PHONE AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER IN THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AND GET OUT OF OPEN AREAS. ONCE AGAIN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. JSW
Special weather statement, May 19, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
NYZ062-PAZ048-200400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 755 PM EDT MON MAY 19 1997 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: SULLIVAN NY... PIKE PA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GET TO A SAFE PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN. STAY OFF THE PHONE AND KEEP AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LIGHTNING IS A KILLER IN THESE STORMS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES AND GET OUT OF OPEN AREAS. ONCE AGAIN...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT. LOMBARDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 36 min |
| May 19, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 52 min |
| May 19, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.