Alert archive / New York / Cattaraugus County

Weather alerts in Cattaraugus County, New York, 2014

178 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Cattaraugus County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 178
Warnings: 40
Watches: 23
Advisories: 57
Busiest month: July26 alerts
Busiest day: July 8, 20147 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Cattaraugus County, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	0			0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	15	13	13%	28	82%	30 min
Flash flood warnings	8	6	25%	17	100%	105 min

Each office's whole area, 2014

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings	3	0	100%	1	0%
NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings	71	49	31%	190	89%	30 min
NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings	24	14	42%	73	95%	140 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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	Lasted
Jan 1, 3:52 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	3 days
Jan 1, 3:52 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	24 hr
Jan 1, 2:45 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BUF	37 hr
Jan 3, 3:42 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	24 hr
Jan 3, 12:55 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	BUF	40 hr
Jan 4, 4:02 AM EST	Wind Chill Watch	BUF	49 hr
Jan 5, 4:27 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	4 days
Jan 5, 4:27 AM EST	Wind Chill Warning	BUF	3 days
Jan 5, 12:34 PM EST	High Wind Warning	BUF	24 hr
Jan 6, 3:42 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	63 min
Jan 8, 9:50 PM EST	Flood Watch	BUF	3 days
Jan 12, 7:24 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	5 hr
Jan 18, 3:45 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BUF	30 hr
Jan 20, 4:37 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	12 hr
Jan 20, 4:10 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	43 hr
Jan 22, 3:39 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	44 hr
Jan 23, 4:18 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	23 hr
Jan 24, 3:24 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	42 hr
Jan 24, 3:24 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BUF	18 hr
Jan 25, 9:31 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	12 hr
Jan 26, 4:06 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	29 hr
Jan 26, 3:56 PM EST	Wind Chill Warning	BUF	66 hr
Jan 29, 9:39 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	5 hr
Feb 1, 11:56 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	24 hr
Feb 2, 9:33 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BUF	30 hr
Feb 3, 2:24 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BUF	55 hr
Feb 4, 8:12 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	6 hr
Feb 5, 9:41 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	36 hr
Feb 7, 3:00 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	18 hr
Feb 17, 3:43 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BUF	27 hr
Feb 17, 3:11 PM EST	Flood Watch	BUF	4 days
Feb 18, 3:35 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BUF	15 hr
Feb 20, 4:28 AM EST	Wind Advisory	BUF	62 hr
Feb 20, 11:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	18 hr
Feb 21, 10:21 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BUF	20 hr
Feb 23, 3:56 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	BUF	4 days
Feb 27, 4:04 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	29 hr
Feb 27, 7:48 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	4 hr
Feb 27, 12:45 PM EST	Wind Chill Warning	BUF	21 hr
Mar 2, 3:05 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	19 hr
Mar 3, 12:53 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	19 hr
Mar 10, 4:00 AM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	BUF	24 hr
Mar 10, 3:55 PM EDT	Winter Storm Warning	BUF	58 hr
Mar 11, 8:24 PM EDT	Blizzard Warning	BUF	26 hr
Mar 12, 4:09 AM EDT	Wind Chill Advisory	BUF	31 hr
Mar 12, 8:31 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Mar 28, 3:42 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	BUF	23 hr
Mar 29, 2:42 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	25 hr
Apr 4, 4:36 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BUF	35 hr
Apr 4, 6:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	75 min
Apr 12, 4:19 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BUF	5 hr
Apr 14, 3:11 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	BUF	13 hr
Apr 14, 3:29 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 28, 3:31 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	BUF	25 hr
May 3, 4:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	60 min
May 9, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	63 min
May 9, 5:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
May 13, 5:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	6 hr
May 13, 6:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	3 hr
May 13, 7:10 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	5 hr
May 14, 1:54 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	4 hr
May 14, 10:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BUF	18 hr
May 14, 5:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
May 14, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 15, 4:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BUF	43 hr
May 17, 2:47 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BUF	17 hr
May 18, 2:31 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BUF	17 hr
May 21, 12:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	95 min
May 21, 2:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	11 hr
May 21, 4:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BUF	18 hr
May 21, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	49 min
May 21, 7:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	3 hr
Jun 3, 12:10 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jun 8, 5:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	3 hr
Jun 11, 4:49 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 12, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	87 min
Jun 12, 8:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	5 hr
Jun 17, 1:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 17, 6:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	64 min
Jun 17, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 17, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	60 min
Jun 17, 9:08 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 17, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	61 min
Jun 18, 9:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	70 min
Jun 24, 11:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BUF	28 hr
Jun 24, 2:18 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	57 min
Jun 24, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	59 min
Jun 24, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	59 min
Jun 29, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	59 min
Jul 1, 11:45 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jul 1, 11:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	55 min
Jul 1, 11:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	65 min
Jul 2, 12:48 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	42 min
Jul 2, 1:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	62 min
Jul 7, 2:10 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jul 7, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 7, 3:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	49 min
Jul 7, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	63 min
Jul 7, 4:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jul 8, 11:29 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jul 8, 1:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	59 min
Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jul 8, 3:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	54 min
Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	45 min
Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jul 8, 4:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	62 min
Jul 9, 12:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 13, 11:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	40 min
Jul 13, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	55 min
Jul 13, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	57 min
Jul 14, 4:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jul 14, 6:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	47 min
Jul 27, 4:49 AM EDT	Flood Watch	BUF	34 hr
Jul 27, 6:09 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Jul 30, 2:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	27 min
Aug 1, 8:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	55 min
Aug 1, 9:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	58 min
Aug 1, 10:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	3 hr
Aug 1, 11:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	56 min
Aug 2, 2:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BUF	9 hr
Aug 2, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	83 min
Aug 2, 5:19 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	4 hr
Aug 3, 1:46 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	BUF	6 hr
Aug 5, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	38 min
Aug 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	61 min
Aug 5, 3:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BUF	3 hr
Aug 5, 4:13 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	3 hr
Aug 12, 5:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	52 min
Aug 12, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	60 min
Aug 12, 7:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	60 min
Aug 12, 7:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BUF	4 hr
Sep 2, 2:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Sep 2, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	66 min
Sep 5, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	55 min
Sep 14, 4:37 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	BUF	27 hr
Sep 21, 1:20 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Sep 30, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BUF	53 min
Oct 4, 7:37 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BUF	3 hr
Oct 4, 10:57 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	BUF	6 hr
Oct 9, 1:55 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	BUF	18 hr
Oct 10, 2:04 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	BUF	23 hr
Oct 11, 1:32 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	BUF	19 hr
Oct 16, 1:48 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	BUF	7 hr
Nov 7, 7:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	48 min
Nov 12, 3:33 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	BUF	48 hr
Nov 14, 10:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	62 min
Nov 14, 11:27 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	63 min
Nov 14, 12:40 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	65 min
Nov 14, 2:09 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	81 min
Nov 14, 3:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	78 min
Nov 14, 5:19 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	BUF	14 hr
Nov 15, 9:29 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	BUF	19 hr
Nov 15, 3:38 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	BUF	25 hr
Nov 16, 3:48 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	69 hr
Nov 16, 3:48 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	21 hr
Nov 17, 3:47 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Watch	BUF	24 hr
Nov 18, 3:33 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	BUF	3 days
Nov 20, 9:14 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Nov 20, 7:11 PM EST	Flood Watch	BUF	46 hr
Nov 20, 7:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	88 min
Nov 20, 9:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	89 min
Nov 22, 3:42 AM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	BUF	19 hr
Nov 22, 4:54 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	BUF	71 hr
Nov 23, 2:40 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BUF	31 hr
Nov 25, 3:24 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	12 hr
Nov 27, 3:37 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	BUF	36 hr
Dec 1, 9:36 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	30 hr
Dec 5, 3:47 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	32 hr
Dec 8, 3:51 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	BUF	24 hr
Dec 9, 4:11 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	3 days
Dec 9, 10:48 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	BUF	47 hr
Dec 11, 4:31 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	89 min
Dec 12, 5:14 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	20 hr
Dec 13, 12:55 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	BUF	18 hr
Dec 18, 1:10 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	BUF	20 hr
Dec 23, 3:33 PM EST	Wind Advisory	BUF	45 hr
Dec 24, 9:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BUF	38 min
Dec 31, 11:36 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	BUF	84 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	15
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	4
Mesoscale Discussion	22
Special Weather Statement	36
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	8
Flash Flood Watch	6
Flood Watch	4
Areal Flood Advisory	5
Winter
Blizzard Warning	1
Lake Effect Snow Warning	3
Winter Storm Warning	5
Lake Effect Snow Watch	3
Winter Storm Watch	4
Freezing Rain Advisory	2
Lake Effect Snow Advisory	5
Winter Weather Advisory	16
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Wind Chill Warning	3
Freeze Watch	1
Wind Chill Watch	1
Frost Advisory	5
Wind Chill Advisory	12
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	9
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	3

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2013 2015

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.