Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 558
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 2, 1997, 9:00 PM EDT for 17 counties in New York; 9 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1997, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1997, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Allegany County, NY, Cattaraugus County, NY, Cayuga County, NY, Chautauqua County, NY, Erie County, NY, Genesee County, NY, Livingston County, NY, Monroe County, NY, Niagara County, NY, Ontario County, NY, Orleans County, NY, Oswego County, NY, Seneca County, NY, Steuben County, NY, Wayne County, NY, Wyoming County, NY, Yates County, NY, Cameron County, PA, Crawford County, PA, Elk County, PA, Erie County, PA, Forest County, PA, McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 10:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 11:15 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bronx, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Kings and 11 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fayette, Greene, Somerset | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Pennsylvania, 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.