Alert archive / New York / Cattaraugus County
Weather alerts in Cattaraugus County, New York, 2015
127 weather alerts in 2015, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Cattaraugus County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 127
- Warnings
- 32
- Watches
- 26
- Advisories
- 33
- Busiest month
- February21 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 14, 201510 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, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 9 | 10% | 21 | 90% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 8 | 8 | 0% | 7 | 100% | 63 min |
Each office's whole area, 2015
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 2 | 50% | 4 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 65 | 43 | 34% | 189 | 82% | 21 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings | 31 | 19 | 39% | 83 | 87% | 70 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, 4:00 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Jan 2, 3:20 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 32 hr |
| Jan 3, 9:59 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:13 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 31 hr |
| Jan 4, 1:03 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:02 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:52 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 42 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:16 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 54 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:21 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:47 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | 12 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:02 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 72 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:46 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| Jan 24, 1:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 9 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 40 hr |
| Jan 29, 8:07 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 37 hr |
| Jan 30, 9:10 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 4 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 52 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:52 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:45 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 19 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 36 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:51 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:06 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 37 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:08 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 59 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:05 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 52 min |
| Feb 11, 4:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 3:41 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BUF | 32 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:03 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:53 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BUF | 66 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 50 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 62 min |
| Feb 17, 3:00 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BUF | 67 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:33 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:32 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:09 PM EST | Wind Chill Watch | BUF | 23 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:57 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BUF | 43 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 22 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:29 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Mar 2, 12:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 42 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:09 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BUF | 9 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:50 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 4 days |
| Apr 2, 1:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 39 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:32 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:42 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| Apr 19, 4:50 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 2 hr |
| May 11, 7:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 11, 8:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| May 11, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 46 min |
| May 11, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 40 min |
| May 11, 10:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| May 12, 3:51 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | BUF | 12 hr |
| May 13, 3:51 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | 28 hr |
| May 18, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 48 min |
| May 18, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 66 min |
| May 18, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| May 21, 2:12 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BUF | 26 hr |
| May 22, 4:12 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | 27 hr |
| May 30, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 89 min |
| May 30, 7:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| May 30, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 85 min |
| Jun 8, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 78 min |
| Jun 10, 7:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jun 12, 1:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 63 min |
| Jun 14, 3:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 10 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 13 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:24 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 5:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 63 min |
| Jun 23, 5:30 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 23, 6:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 4:28 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 43 hr |
| Jun 29, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 68 min |
| Jul 7, 4:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 10 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 21 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 3:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 5:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 29 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 62 min |
| Jul 19, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 8:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 11, 7:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 40 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:49 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 54 min |
| Sep 9, 11:07 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Sep 9, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 43 min |
| Sep 19, 4:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 10:22 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 18 hr |
| Oct 18, 8:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 65 min |
| Oct 18, 9:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 91 min |
| Oct 28, 4:54 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 15 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:00 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 31 hr |
| Nov 6, 11:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 65 min |
| Nov 10, 3:24 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:04 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 37 hr |
| Nov 13, 4:56 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 5 hr |
| Nov 13, 9:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 6 hr |
| Nov 17, 3:50 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Nov 20, 3:40 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | 21 hr |
| Nov 21, 12:51 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 26 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:50 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 26 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:51 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Watch | BUF | 9 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:50 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 63 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 21 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 54 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:48 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:16 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 63 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.