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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Binghamton, NY

August 15, 1997Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

NWS Binghamton, NY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 1997, 8:43 PM EDT for Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 1997, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 1997, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Binghamton, NY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Lackawanna County, PA, Luzerne County, PA

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 Aug 15, 8:22 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 8:22 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Binghamton, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 16, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	61 min
Aug 16, 2:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Bradford	62 min
Aug 16, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming	71 min
Aug 16, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Susquehanna	71 min
Aug 16, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Pike, Wayne	68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1997 Every 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.