Alert archive / New York / Cattaraugus County
Weather alerts in Cattaraugus County, New York, 2022
144 weather alerts in 2022, 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 144
- Warnings
- 47
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 29
- Busiest month
- January22 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 21, 20228 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, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 25 | 22 | 12% | 15 | 93% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 4 | 0% | 7 | 100% | 45 min |
Each office's whole area, 2022
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings | 3 | 1 | 67% | 4 | 75% | 9 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 94 | 59 | 37% | 184 | 84% | 27 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings | 9 | 5 | 44% | 11 | 100% | 53 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 5, 3:53 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 70 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:53 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 70 hr |
| Jan 7, 7:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 86 min |
| Jan 7, 9:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 79 min |
| Jan 7, 10:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 60 min |
| Jan 7, 11:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 60 min |
| Jan 7, 12:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 68 min |
| Jan 7, 1:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 57 min |
| Jan 7, 2:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 61 min |
| Jan 8, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 3 days |
| Jan 8, 10:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:35 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:41 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:41 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 48 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:37 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 69 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:40 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| Jan 16, 8:38 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:37 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| Jan 22, 4:24 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 35 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:31 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:02 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:55 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 37 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:55 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 57 hr |
| Feb 15, 9:38 AM EST | Flood Watch | BUF | 3 days |
| Feb 17, 3:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:31 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 35 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 4 days |
| Feb 17, 10:18 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 43 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 19 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:41 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 65 min |
| Feb 18, 1:59 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 31 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:59 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 16 hr |
| Feb 19, 5:56 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 19, 6:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 2 hr |
| Feb 19, 8:21 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| Feb 21, 1:46 PM EST | Flood Watch | BUF | 51 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:50 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 32 hr |
| Feb 27, 6:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 25 min |
| Mar 5, 3:24 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:00 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:03 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 25 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:36 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 37 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:36 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 48 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:11 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 48 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:11 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 57 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 84 min |
| Mar 29, 1:35 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 23 hr |
| Mar 31, 10:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Apr 18, 4:01 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 48 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:36 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 16 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 65 min |
| Apr 25, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| May 17, 2:26 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 17 hr |
| May 21, 2:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 21, 5:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| May 21, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 67 min |
| May 21, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| May 21, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 54 min |
| May 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 60 min |
| May 21, 7:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 6 hr |
| May 21, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 62 min |
| May 21, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 74 min |
| Jun 1, 1:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 1, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jun 15, 8:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jun 16, 1:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 16, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 5:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 2:16 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 27 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Jul 23, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 28 min |
| Jul 24, 1:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 66 min |
| Jul 24, 11:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 12:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 25, 12:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 79 min |
| Jul 25, 2:36 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Jul 25, 3:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| Aug 17, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 74 min |
| Aug 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 31 min |
| Aug 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 67 min |
| Sep 4, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 42 min |
| Sep 4, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 53 min |
| Sep 5, 4:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 56 min |
| Sep 19, 10:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 64 min |
| Sep 21, 1:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Sep 21, 11:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Sep 21, 11:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 63 min |
| Sep 22, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 62 min |
| Sep 22, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| Sep 22, 12:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 43 min |
| Sep 23, 4:14 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Sep 29, 3:51 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Oct 2, 3:30 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Nov 11, 8:30 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 9 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:45 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 8 hr |
| Nov 12, 12:35 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 26 hr |
| Nov 13, 12:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 89 min |
| Nov 14, 2:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 61 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:02 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 5 days |
| Nov 17, 5:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 2 hr |
| Nov 19, 8:25 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 19, 11:20 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 55 min |
| Nov 20, 12:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 56 min |
| Nov 20, 8:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 83 min |
| Nov 29, 3:38 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 56 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 56 hr |
| Dec 2, 1:18 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 46 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 23 hr |
| Dec 15, 3:27 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:55 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 4 days |
| Dec 20, 2:22 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 38 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 5 days |
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.