Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 254
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 6, 1997, 11:45 AM EDT for 7 states. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 1997, 11:45 AM EDT (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1997, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties
New Castle County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Baltimore County, MD, Cecil County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Bucks County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, Providence County, RI
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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.
Warnings issued inside it
17 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 59 min |
| May 6, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 63 min |
| May 6, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Bucks | 31 min |
| May 6, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 56 min |
| May 6, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 32 min |
| May 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 56 min |
| May 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 56 min |
| May 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 56 min |
| May 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | New York | 56 min |
| May 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 56 min |
| May 6, 1:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 50 min |
| May 6, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 67 min |
| May 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 32 min |
| May 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 32 min |
| May 6, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 57 min |
| May 6, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York | 28 min |
| May 6, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Queens | 28 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Broome, Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, Tioga, Ulster | 6 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.