Weather alerts in New York, 1986
138 weather alerts in 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 in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 138
- Warnings
- 138
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June46 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 1, 198619 alerts
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 8:23 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Washington | 6 hr |
| May 6, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 62 min |
| May 6, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga | 70 min |
| May 16, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga, Onondaga, Oswego | 70 min |
| May 16, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison, Onondaga | 65 min |
| May 18, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Livingston | 27 min |
| May 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga, Onondaga | 90 min |
| May 18, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis | 98 min |
| May 18, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 50 min |
| May 18, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 2 hr |
| May 18, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 90 min |
| May 18, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 60 min |
| May 19, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 57 min |
| May 19, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Onondaga, Oswego | 75 min |
| May 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 62 min |
| May 19, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 59 min |
| May 19, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Warren | 67 min |
| May 19, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 3 hr |
| May 29, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 105 min |
| May 31, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 75 min |
| May 31, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 57 min |
| May 31, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 61 min |
| May 31, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 54 min |
| May 31, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 75 min |
| Jun 1, 1:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Ontario, Seneca, Yates | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 2:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Schuyler | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Ontario, Seneca, Yates | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida | 75 min |
| Jun 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson | 85 min |
| Jun 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 1:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Ulster | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 90 min |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson, St. Lawrence | 90 min |
| Jun 16, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 75 min |
| Jun 16, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Wyoming | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis, Oswego | 75 min |
| Jun 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Livingston, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 75 min |
| Jun 16, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Ontario | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Ontario | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Onondaga | 70 min |
| Jun 16, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida | 70 min |
| Jun 16, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison | 70 min |
| Jun 16, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tioga | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Cortland | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Tioga | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Otsego | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 78 min |
| Jun 16, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schenectady | 78 min |
| Jul 7, 1:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Orleans | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Monroe | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca | 47 min |
| Jul 7, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga | 75 min |
| Jul 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Sullivan, Ulster | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida, Oswego | 75 min |
| Jul 13, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Onondaga | 75 min |
| Jul 13, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis, Oneida | 90 min |
| Jul 13, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BTV | Onondaga, Oswego | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Livingston | 55 min |
| Jul 20, 9:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 58 min |
| Jul 26, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 57 min |
| Jul 29, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Lewis | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 56 min |
| Jul 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 64 min |
| Jul 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 61 min |
| Jul 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison | 88 min |
| Jul 29, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 67 min |
| Jul 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 44 min |
| Jul 30, 1:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Rockland | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 30 min |
| Aug 2, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison, Onondaga | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 57 min |
| Aug 3, 6:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 81 min |
| Aug 3, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Monroe | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison, Oneida | 90 min |
| Aug 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida, Oswego | 85 min |
| Aug 7, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga | 70 min |
| Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Onondaga | 70 min |
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 68 min |
| Aug 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison, Oneida | 75 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 73 min |
| Aug 7, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 11:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oswego | 73 min |
| Aug 15, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Onondaga, Oswego | 65 min |
| Sep 26, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 65 min |
| Sep 29, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 56 min |
| Sep 30, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 101 min |
| Sep 30, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie | 64 min |
| Sep 30, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 63 min |
| Oct 18, 8:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 2 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 127 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Niagara County12
- Saratoga County11
- Washington County10
- Onondaga County10
- Oswego County8
- Chautauqua County8
- Orleans County8
- Albany County8
- Oneida County8
- Rensselaer County7
- Madison County6
- Fulton County6
- Erie County6
- Cattaraugus County5
- Cayuga County5
- Lewis County5
- Schenectady County5
- Ulster County5
- Hamilton County4
- Ontario County4
- Seneca County4
- Herkimer County4
- Genesee County4
- Livingston County3
- Warren County3
- Clinton County3
- Wayne County3
- Monroe County3
- Chenango County3
- Cortland County3
- Otsego County3
- Nassau County2
- Suffolk County2
- Dutchess County2
- Columbia County2
- Yates County2
- Jefferson County2
- Montgomery County2
- Wyoming County2
- Tioga County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.