Alert archive

Weather alerts in New York

73,307 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
73,307
Warnings
29,104
Watches
3,953
Advisories
17,041
Busiest year
20214,199 alerts
Average year
1,788over 41 years on file

Over time

By year

Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.

By month of the year

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning14,293
Tornado Warning733
Severe Thunderstorm Watch691
Tornado Watch87
Mesoscale Discussion2,717
Special Weather Statement19,162
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning811
Flash Flood Warning3,392
River Flood Warning1,396
Flash Flood Watch354
Flood Watch551
Areal Flood Advisory5,115
River Flood Advisory12
Winter
Blizzard Warning37
Heavy Snow Warning29
Ice Storm Warning26
Lake Effect Snow Warning425
Snow Squall Warning408
Winter Storm Warning630
Blizzard Watch6
Lake Effect Snow Watch220
Winter Storm Watch656
Blowing Snow Advisory8
Freezing Rain Advisory179
Lake Effect Snow Advisory590
Lake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory18
Snow Advisory69
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory12
Winter Weather Advisory2,064
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning36
Extreme Heat Warning9
Excessive Heat Watch21
Extreme Heat Watch9
Heat Advisory426
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning13
Freeze Warning468
Hard Freeze Warning5
Wind Chill Warning113
Extreme Cold Watch9
Freeze Watch165
Wind Chill Watch51
Cold Weather Advisory53
Frost Advisory861
Wind Chill Advisory363
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning254
High Wind Watch191
Wind Advisory1,110
Fire
Red Flag Warning112
Fire Weather Watch83
Fog and smoke
Air Stagnation Advisory32
Dense Fog Advisory432
Freezing Fog Advisory6
Tropical
Hurricane Warning3
Storm Surge Warning1
Tropical Storm Warning15
Hurricane Watch3
Inland Tropical Storm Watch1
Storm Surge Watch1
Tropical Storm Watch14
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning103
Lakeshore Flood Warning99
Coastal Flood Watch63
Lakeshore Flood Watch83
Coastal Flood Advisory519
High Surf Advisory70
Lakeshore Flood Advisory51
Beach Hazards Statement216
Coastal Flood Statement741
Lakeshore Flood Statement3
Rip Current Statement303
Marine
Gale Warning871
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning34
Hurricane Force Wind Warning4
Special Marine Warning4,709
Storm Warning75
Gale Watch642
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch4
Hurricane Force Wind Watch1
Storm Watch47
Brisk Wind Advisory2
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory37
Low Water Advisory54
Marine Dense Fog Advisory425
Marine Dense Smoke Advisory4
Small Craft Advisory4,213
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas311
Small Craft Advisory for Winds5
Marine Weather Statement67

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

22 more counties

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 2:42 AM EDTGale WarningOKX63 hr
Sep 13, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMMadison, Oneida, Onondaga61 min
Sep 13, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Seneca67 min
Sep 13, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBTVFranklin, St. Lawrence58 min
Sep 13, 3:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFNiagara4 hr
Sep 13, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBGMCayuga, Onondaga25 min
Sep 13, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBUFErie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans53 min
Sep 13, 9:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXPutnam, Westchester3 hr
Sep 13, 8:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXRockland4 hr
Sep 13, 7:23 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXWestchester4 hr
Sep 4, 2:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningOKX61 min
Sep 3, 10:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningBUFErie, Livingston, Wyoming2 hr

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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. Rebuilt daily.