Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 309
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 19, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT for Sussex County, Warren County, New Jersey; 4 counties in New York; 17 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1997, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 1997, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties
Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Dutchess County, NY, Orange County, NY, Sullivan County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Columbia County, PA, Dauphin County, PA, Lackawanna County, PA, Lebanon County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Luzerne County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montour County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Northumberland County, PA, Perry County, PA, Pike County, PA, Schuylkill County, PA, Wayne County, PA, Wyoming County, PA
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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
13 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Northumberland | 45 min |
| May 19, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Luzerne | 52 min |
| May 19, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Dauphin, Schuylkill | 61 min |
| May 19, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Perry | 61 min |
| May 19, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Carbon, Monroe | 48 min |
| May 19, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Lackawanna, Wayne | 56 min |
| May 19, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lebanon | 55 min |
| May 19, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 67 min |
| May 19, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 63 min |
| May 19, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 59 min |
| May 19, 9:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 54 min |
| May 19, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 50 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 19, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 5 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Jersey, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.