Alert archive / New York / Cattaraugus County
Weather alerts in Cattaraugus County, New York, 2023
78 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 78
- Warnings
- 16
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest month
- July19 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 1, 20237 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, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 11 | 9 | 18% | 32 | 100% | 27 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 4 | 75% | 23 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 78 | 54 | 31% | 215 | 96% | 26 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings | 16 | 13 | 19% | 45 | 100% | 83 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 16, 2:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 32 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 55 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 13 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 64 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:47 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 54 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:50 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| Feb 2, 10:46 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | 29 min |
| Feb 3, 3:23 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:26 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 44 hr |
| Feb 17, 8:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 58 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 35 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 22 hr |
| Mar 6, 6:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 50 hr |
| Mar 13, 4:01 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 48 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:25 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:04 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 44 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 42 min |
| Mar 18, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 80 min |
| Mar 24, 2:02 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 45 hr |
| Mar 25, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 29, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 94 min |
| Mar 31, 1:37 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 50 min |
| Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| Apr 1, 2:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Apr 1, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 79 min |
| Apr 1, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 50 min |
| May 14, 12:54 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| May 17, 3:53 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | BUF | 7 hr |
| May 17, 10:57 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | 21 hr |
| May 25, 4:20 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| May 26, 1:00 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 54 min |
| Jul 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 80 min |
| Jul 3, 6:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 11:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 7:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 20, 4:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 20, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 8:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 53 min |
| Jul 24, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 2:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 42 min |
| Jul 25, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 89 min |
| Jul 26, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 17, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 9:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Aug 24, 11:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 53 min |
| Aug 25, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 46 min |
| Nov 20, 2:28 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:43 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 13 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:48 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 3 days |
| Nov 28, 2:16 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 3, 1:36 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Dec 3, 3:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 39 min |
| Dec 3, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 59 min |
| Dec 18, 3:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
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 | 11 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 12 |
| Special Weather Statement | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Lake Effect Snow Warning | 1 |
| Snow Squall Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 14 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
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.