Weather alerts in New York, 1987
79 weather alerts in 1987, 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 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 79
- Warnings
- 79
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July34 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 30, 19877 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 8:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene | 4 hr |
| May 14, 9:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 99 min |
| May 14, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 94 min |
| May 23, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schoharie | 65 min |
| May 23, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison, Oneida | 102 min |
| May 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 57 min |
| May 28, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 92 min |
| May 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 60 min |
| May 29, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 64 min |
| May 29, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 64 min |
| May 30, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 85 min |
| May 30, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 60 min |
| May 30, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 80 min |
| May 30, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 55 min |
| May 30, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 60 min |
| May 30, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 75 min |
| May 30, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Onondaga | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 61 min |
| Jun 1, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange, Putnam | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 50 min |
| Jun 13, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 80 min |
| Jun 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 70 min |
| Jun 13, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange | 64 min |
| Jun 27, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Livingston | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 46 min |
| Jul 11, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 64 min |
| Jul 12, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 64 min |
| Jul 12, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Putnam | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga, Oswego | 90 min |
| Jul 18, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 86 min |
| Jul 18, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson, Lewis | 86 min |
| Jul 18, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 95 min |
| Jul 18, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson, Lewis | 87 min |
| Jul 24, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Franklin | 61 min |
| Jul 24, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson, Lewis | 76 min |
| Jul 24, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 68 min |
| Jul 24, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Essex | 54 min |
| Jul 25, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 77 min |
| Jul 25, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Schoharie | 69 min |
| Jul 25, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 58 min |
| Jul 25, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 70 min |
| Jul 25, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Sullivan, Ulster | 70 min |
| Jul 26, 4:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Erie | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 58 min |
| Jul 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 85 min |
| Jul 30, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 58 min |
| Jul 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Westchester | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga, Onondaga | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oswego | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 9:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 86 min |
| Aug 19, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery | 61 min |
| Aug 19, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Sullivan, Ulster | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Franklin | 45 min |
| Sep 11, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie | 60 min |
| Sep 11, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Erie, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 75 min |
| Sep 17, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 70 min |
| Sep 29, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 64 min |
| Sep 29, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Livingston | 52 min |
| Nov 17, 10:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Monroe | 42 min |
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 | 76 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Erie County8
- Cattaraugus County7
- Allegany County6
- Dutchess County6
- Chautauqua County5
- Ulster County5
- Greene County4
- Niagara County4
- Columbia County4
- Saratoga County4
- Albany County3
- St. Lawrence County3
- Washington County3
- Delaware County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lewis County3
- Montgomery County2
- Schoharie County2
- Steuben County2
- Onondaga County2
- Orange County2
- Putnam County2
- Rensselaer County2
- Livingston County2
- Fulton County2
- Cayuga County2
- Oswego County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Sullivan County2
- Madison County1
- Oneida County1
- Broome County1
- Orleans County1
- Wayne County1
- Chenango County1
- Herkimer County1
- Essex County1
- Warren County1
- Genesee County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.