Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, May 1997
37 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1997. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 37
- Busiest day
- May 6, 199715 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 40 min |
| May 1, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 64 min |
| May 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 43 min |
| May 1, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 42 min |
| May 1, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 56 min |
| May 6, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 64 min |
| May 6, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 62 min |
| May 6, 11:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 59 min |
| May 6, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 44 min |
| May 6, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 63 min |
| May 6, 1:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 45 min |
| May 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 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, 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 |
| May 9, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 47 min |
| May 9, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 40 min |
| May 9, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 40 min |
| May 19, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 47 min |
| May 19, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 45 min |
| May 19, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 44 min |
| May 19, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 36 min |
| May 19, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 67 min |
| May 19, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 63 min |
| May 19, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 66 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, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam | 58 min |
| May 19, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 50 min |
| May 19, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 60 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Nassau County4
- Orange County4
- Suffolk County3
- Columbia County2
- Dutchess County2
- Delaware County2
- Sullivan County2
- Montgomery County2
- Bronx County2
- Putnam County2
- Rockland County2
- Westchester County2
- New York County2
- Kings County2
- Queens County2
- Ulster County2
- Essex County1
- Rensselaer County1
- Greene County1
- Richmond County1
- Chenango County1
- Saratoga County1
- Schenectady County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Wyoming County1
- Cattaraugus County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.