Weather alerts in New York, 2018

3,499 weather alerts in 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 3,499
Warnings: 909
Watches: 187
Advisories: 1,060
Busiest month: August658 alerts
Busiest day: July 27, 201885 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

3,499 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	282
Tornado Warning	17
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	12
Tornado Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	88
Special Weather Statement	1,152
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	79
Flash Flood Warning	99
River Flood Warning	61
Flash Flood Watch	32
Flood Watch	27
Areal Flood Advisory	407
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Ice Storm Warning	1
Lake Effect Snow Warning	7
Snow Squall Warning	34
Winter Storm Warning	47
Winter Storm Watch	33
Winter Weather Advisory	151
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	5
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	55
Cold
Freeze Warning	12
Wind Chill Warning	4
Freeze Watch	4
Wind Chill Watch	4
Frost Advisory	20
Wind Chill Advisory	15
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	15
High Wind Watch	11
Wind Advisory	47
Fire
Red Flag Warning	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	31
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	18
Lakeshore Flood Warning	6
Coastal Flood Watch	7
Lakeshore Flood Watch	4
Coastal Flood Advisory	40
High Surf Advisory	3
Lakeshore Flood Advisory	2
Beach Hazards Statement	15
Coastal Flood Statement	64
Rip Current Statement	24
Marine
Gale Warning	50
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning	3
Special Marine Warning	157
Storm Warning	7
Gale Watch	44
Storm Watch	4
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory	2
Low Water Advisory	3
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	26
Small Craft Advisory	246
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas	11
Small Craft Advisory for Winds	1

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 2017 2019

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.