Weather alerts in New York, 1988
152 weather alerts in 1988, 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 152
- Warnings
- 152
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- August65 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 17, 198818 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 60 min |
| May 16, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 70 min |
| May 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Yates | 60 min |
| May 16, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca | 50 min |
| May 16, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 48 min |
| May 16, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison, Oneida | 64 min |
| May 20, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 35 min |
| May 21, 2:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Monroe | 2 hr |
| May 23, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 64 min |
| May 24, 1:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware | 56 min |
| May 24, 2:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson, Oswego | 69 min |
| Jun 22, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 30 min |
| Jun 22, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 67 min |
| Jun 22, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 75 min |
| Jun 25, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 73 min |
| Jun 25, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 85 min |
| Jun 25, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Monroe, Wayne | 67 min |
| Jun 25, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Cayuga, Oswego | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Monroe | 61 min |
| Jun 25, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison, Onondaga | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Wayne | 49 min |
| Jun 25, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Ontario | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 54 min |
| Jul 12, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Onondaga, Oswego | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Madison, Oneida | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Montgomery | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland, Tompkins | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schenectady | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Yates | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 68 min |
| Jul 14, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 83 min |
| Jul 14, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange | 59 min |
| Jul 16, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 60 min |
| Jul 16, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 88 min |
| Jul 16, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 68 min |
| Jul 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Livingston | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 65 min |
| Jul 16, 9:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 16, 10:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Sullivan, Ulster | 84 min |
| Jul 17, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 81 min |
| Jul 17, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange | 84 min |
| Jul 17, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Livingston | 30 min |
| Jul 30, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Schenectady | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 75 min |
| Jul 30, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Seneca, Yates | 64 min |
| Jul 30, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Tompkins | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 70 min |
| Jul 30, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Cortland, Tioga | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 64 min |
| Jul 30, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Wyoming | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Essex | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 68 min |
| Aug 5, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Essex | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schenectady | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Monroe | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oswego | 65 min |
| Aug 5, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 77 min |
| Aug 5, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 81 min |
| Aug 5, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 75 min |
| Aug 5, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 110 min |
| Aug 5, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 90 min |
| Aug 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Livingston | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 11:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Jefferson | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Saratoga | 68 min |
| Aug 6, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 65 min |
| Aug 6, 10:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 85 min |
| Aug 12, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Sullivan | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 79 min |
| Aug 14, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 75 min |
| Aug 14, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 69 min |
| Aug 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 67 min |
| Aug 14, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 57 min |
| Aug 15, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee | 65 min |
| Aug 15, 3:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Monroe | 69 min |
| Aug 15, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Rensselaer | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 8:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 95 min |
| Aug 17, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 11:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Cortland | 65 min |
| Aug 17, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 52 min |
| Aug 28, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler | 65 min |
| Aug 28, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 62 min |
| Aug 28, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Steuben | 58 min |
| Aug 28, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 69 min |
| Aug 28, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Oneida | 55 min |
| Aug 28, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 65 min |
| Aug 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 60 min |
| Aug 28, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 65 min |
| Aug 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady | 67 min |
| Aug 28, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 67 min |
| Aug 28, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 65 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 | 150 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Saratoga County12
- Rensselaer County9
- Erie County8
- Washington County8
- Chautauqua County7
- Schenectady County7
- Clinton County7
- Columbia County6
- Steuben County6
- Dutchess County6
- Cattaraugus County5
- Tompkins County5
- Oneida County5
- Monroe County5
- Oswego County4
- Montgomery County4
- Albany County4
- Niagara County4
- Cortland County4
- Orange County4
- Otsego County4
- Warren County4
- Broome County4
- Yates County3
- Madison County3
- Genesee County3
- Delaware County3
- Jefferson County3
- Fulton County3
- Orleans County3
- Greene County3
- Ulster County3
- Livingston County3
- Chenango County3
- Tioga County3
- Seneca County2
- Richmond County2
- Wayne County2
- Onondaga County2
- Herkimer County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989
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.