Weather alerts in New York, May 1998

172 weather alerts in May 1998, 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 172
Warnings: 165
Watches: 7
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 31, 199897 alerts

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 4, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	59 min
May 4, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee	61 min
May 4, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Monroe	67 min
May 6, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	61 min
May 6, 5:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	Erie	2 hr
May 6, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Saratoga	45 min
May 6, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau	60 min
May 6, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	45 min
May 6, 9:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene	3 hr
May 6, 10:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	3 hr
May 6, 11:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	48 min
May 7, 1:11 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia	5 hr
May 10, 11:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Rockland	10 hr
May 10, 1:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	9 hr
May 10, 9:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	OKX	Orange, Rockland	10 hr
May 19, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	60 min
May 19, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	33 min
May 20, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton	50 min
May 20, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin	30 min
May 20, 1:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Essex	88 min
May 20, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Clinton	66 min
May 20, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	53 min
May 20, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange, Rockland	61 min
May 20, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	49 min
May 20, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam	48 min
May 20, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Westchester	63 min
May 20, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Kings	47 min
May 20, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	New York	47 min
May 20, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Queens	48 min
May 20, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Nassau	40 min
May 20, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Suffolk	46 min
May 25, 6:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	66 min
May 29, 11:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	45 min
May 29, 11:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin, St. Lawrence	67 min
May 29, 11:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	46 min
May 29, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Clinton	42 min
May 29, 12:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston	62 min
May 29, 12:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland and 24 more	6 hr
May 29, 12:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego	64 min
May 29, 1:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	45 min
May 29, 1:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Onondaga	47 min
May 29, 1:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Steuben	64 min
May 29, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	62 min
May 29, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Seneca	64 min
May 29, 1:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Yates	64 min
May 29, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	74 min
May 29, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Schuyler, Tompkins	61 min
May 29, 1:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Madison, Onondaga	62 min
May 29, 2:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cortland	64 min
May 29, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	77 min
May 29, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Steuben	77 min
May 29, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton	60 min
May 29, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango	78 min
May 29, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome	75 min
May 29, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Tompkins	45 min
May 29, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Montgomery	70 min
May 29, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Otsego	80 min
May 29, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	65 min
May 29, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Schenectady	60 min
May 29, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Washington	65 min
May 29, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 5 more	6 hr
May 29, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany	65 min
May 29, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene, Rensselaer	58 min
May 29, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	64 min
May 29, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Schoharie	25 min
May 29, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	60 min
May 29, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	93 min
May 29, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	70 min
May 29, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more	6 hr
May 29, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	80 min
May 29, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Columbia	29 min
May 29, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Putnam	49 min
May 29, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Orange	49 min
May 29, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome, Tioga	61 min
May 29, 7:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OKX	Richmond	64 min
May 31, 4:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	62 min
May 31, 9:00 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Clinton, Erie, Essex and 21 more	6 hr
May 31, 10:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie, Niagara	62 min
May 31, 10:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Orleans	45 min
May 31, 10:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	70 min
May 31, 10:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe	70 min
May 31, 11:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston	80 min
May 31, 11:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	60 min
May 31, 11:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	79 min
May 31, 11:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Ontario, Wayne	80 min
May 31, 11:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	St. Lawrence	63 min
May 31, 11:45 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Jefferson	80 min
May 31, 11:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Seneca, Yates	72 min
May 31, 11:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Onondaga	72 min
May 31, 11:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cayuga, Oswego	85 min
May 31, 12:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	99 min
May 31, 12:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	45 min
May 31, 12:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Oneida	76 min
May 31, 12:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Lewis	65 min
May 31, 12:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin, St. Lawrence	59 min
May 31, 1:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	45 min
May 31, 1:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Herkimer	72 min
May 31, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Steuben	63 min
May 31, 1:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston	63 min
May 31, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Seneca, Yates	61 min
May 31, 2:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Tompkins	64 min
May 31, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga	65 min
May 31, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wyoming	45 min
May 31, 2:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Steuben	62 min
May 31, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Schuyler	63 min
May 31, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung	64 min
May 31, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Madison	63 min
May 31, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Livingston	45 min
May 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Albany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland and 19 more	5 hr
May 31, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Otsego	62 min
May 31, 3:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus	61 min
May 31, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	61 min
May 31, 3:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Montgomery	62 min
May 31, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Essex, Franklin	59 min
May 31, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Franklin, St. Lawrence	63 min
May 31, 3:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Montgomery	61 min
May 31, 3:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer	61 min
May 31, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Wayne	65 min
May 31, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie and 10 more	7 hr
May 31, 3:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Montgomery	52 min
May 31, 3:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Saratoga	62 min
May 31, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango	61 min
May 31, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Steuben	65 min
May 31, 4:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Oswego	33 min
May 31, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	65 min
May 31, 4:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Chemung, Steuben	62 min
May 31, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Chautauqua, Erie	79 min
May 31, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Niagara	79 min
May 31, 4:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Washington	74 min
May 31, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Onondaga	62 min
May 31, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Clinton	62 min
May 31, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Delaware	49 min
May 31, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	50 min
May 31, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Albany, Schenectady, Schoharie	55 min
May 31, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga	32 min
May 31, 4:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Allegany	46 min
May 31, 4:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Tioga	78 min
May 31, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene	78 min
May 31, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Cortland	63 min
May 31, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more	5 hr
May 31, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chenango, Madison	61 min
May 31, 5:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Steuben	62 min
May 31, 5:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BUF	Chautauqua	47 min
May 31, 5:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	74 min
May 31, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming	63 min
May 31, 5:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Schuyler	62 min
May 31, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Erie	61 min
May 31, 5:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Broome	64 min
May 31, 5:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Chenango	64 min
May 31, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Cattaraugus, Chautauqua	62 min
May 31, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Allegany	63 min
May 31, 6:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Otsego	61 min
May 31, 6:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	63 min
May 31, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	Monroe, Orleans	63 min
May 31, 6:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Broome, Delaware	63 min
May 31, 6:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Schoharie	46 min
May 31, 6:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	63 min
May 31, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady	60 min
May 31, 6:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Broome	67 min
May 31, 6:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BGM	Seneca	2 hr
May 31, 7:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Greene	57 min
May 31, 7:06 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Rensselaer	59 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Washington	60 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Albany, Schoharie	55 min
May 31, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	BGM	Delaware	65 min
May 31, 7:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	OKX	Orange	64 min
May 31, 7:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Ulster	56 min
May 31, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Sullivan	61 min
May 31, 7:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Columbia	73 min
May 31, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Chemung, Tioga	61 min
May 31, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BGM	Broome	78 min
May 31, 7:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ALY	Greene	45 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	126
Tornado Warning	31
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	3
Tornado Watch	4
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	8

By county

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

22 more counties

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.