Weather alerts in New York, 2008

2,678 weather alerts in 2008, 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 2,678
Warnings: 1,484
Watches: 196
Advisories: 822
Busiest month: June526 alerts
Busiest day: June 16, 2008108 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

2,678 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

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	745
Tornado Warning	15
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	29
Tornado Watch	3
Mesoscale Discussion	145
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	22
Flash Flood Warning	96
River Flood Warning	124
Flash Flood Watch	12
Flood Watch	47
Areal Flood Advisory	304
River Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Heavy Snow Warning	4
Ice Storm Warning	4
Lake Effect Snow Warning	33
Winter Storm Warning	53
Lake Effect Snow Watch	15
Winter Storm Watch	41
Freezing Rain Advisory	26
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	68
Lake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	7
Snow Advisory	15
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	2
Winter Weather Advisory	89
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	2
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	8
Cold
Freeze Warning	33
Freeze Watch	10
Frost Advisory	67
Wind Chill Advisory	13
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	17
High Wind Watch	8
Wind Advisory	65
Fire
Red Flag Warning	2
Fire Weather Watch	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	12
Tropical
Tropical Storm Warning	1
Inland Tropical Storm Watch	1
Tropical Storm Watch	3
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	3
Lakeshore Flood Warning	2
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Lakeshore Flood Watch	2
Coastal Flood Advisory	22
High Surf Advisory	3
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	1
Coastal Flood Statement	15
Marine
Gale Warning	35
Special Marine Warning	287
Storm Warning	6
Gale Watch	21
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	1
Low Water Advisory	7
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	3
Small Craft Advisory	99
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	8
Marine Weather Statement	16

By county

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

22 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2007 2009

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.