Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 618
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 17, 1997, 4:00 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1997, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1997, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties
Berkshire County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Cheshire County, NH, Coos County, NH, Grafton County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Albany County, NY, Broome County, NY, Chenango County, NY, Clinton County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Cortland County, NY, Delaware County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Madison County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Oneida County, NY, Otsego County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Tioga County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Addison County, VT, Bennington County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT, Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT
Warnings issued inside it
14 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Bennington | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Windsor | 69 min |
| Jul 17, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin | 67 min |
| Jul 17, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Sullivan | 49 min |
| Jul 17, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex, Franklin | 68 min |
| Jul 17, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Chittenden | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Addison, Orange, Washington | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 67 min |
| Jul 17, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Orange, Washington | 62 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 17, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Essex, Middlesex | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Vermont, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Hampshire, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.