Alert archive / New York / Columbia County
Weather alerts in Columbia County, New York, 2011
194 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Columbia County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 194
- Warnings
- 52
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 47
- Busiest month
- June34 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 9, 201114 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Columbia County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 35 | 25 | 29% | 32 | 100% | 32 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 4 | 3 | 25% | 10 | 60% | 139 min |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Albany, NY: tornado warnings | 11 | 3 | 73% | 9 | 56% | 25 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 189 | 118 | 38% | 402 | 88% | 29 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: flash flood warnings | 49 | 24 | 51% | 94 | 69% | 95 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 6, 4:33 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 23 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:30 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 31 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:46 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 10, 10:23 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 26 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:40 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 42 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 12 hr |
| Jan 17, 4:23 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 34 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:33 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 18, 8:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:37 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:57 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 32 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:30 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 58 min |
| Jan 23, 4:14 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | 17 hr |
| Jan 25, 4:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 7 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 52 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:42 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 47 min |
| Feb 5, 4:39 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 22 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:20 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:46 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 23 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 30 min |
| Feb 12, 4:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 33 min |
| Feb 14, 4:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 41 hr |
| Feb 19, 5:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 57 min |
| Feb 20, 4:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 32 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:16 AM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | 28 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 27 hr |
| Feb 27, 2:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 21 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:01 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | 42 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:53 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 32 hr |
| Mar 6, 12:59 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 12 hr |
| Mar 6, 7:32 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 24 hr |
| Mar 9, 1:00 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | 53 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:27 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 36 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:45 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 26 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:40 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 19 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:22 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 23 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:42 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 34 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:42 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 34 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 3:56 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 37 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:14 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 16 hr |
| Apr 20, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 3:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 6:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 28, 7:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 31 min |
| Apr 28, 9:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:49 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 5, 4:33 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 15 hr |
| May 16, 3:33 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 61 hr |
| May 19, 10:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| May 19, 8:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 6 hr |
| May 20, 1:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 60 min |
| May 20, 2:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 6 hr |
| May 20, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 43 min |
| May 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 5 hr |
| May 24, 1:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| May 26, 10:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 61 min |
| May 26, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 67 min |
| May 26, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 58 min |
| May 27, 12:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| May 27, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 27, 5:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| May 30, 12:28 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 1, 5:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 1, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 62 min |
| Jun 1, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 7:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 1, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 68 min |
| Jun 8, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 54 min |
| Jun 8, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 8, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 12:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 9:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 11:33 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 12:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 3:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 9, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 62 min |
| Jun 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 64 min |
| Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 3:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 53 min |
| Jun 18, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 47 min |
| Jun 22, 4:10 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | 37 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jun 28, 10:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 61 min |
| Jul 3, 10:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 6, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 11:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 4:22 AM EDT | Excessive Heat Watch | ALY | 36 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:52 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ALY | 28 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:52 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:19 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 16 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:22 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Jul 26, 11:05 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Jul 26, 11:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 63 min |
| Jul 26, 3:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 27 min |
| Jul 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 3:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 66 min |
| Jul 29, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Aug 1, 12:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 59 min |
| Aug 1, 3:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 52 min |
| Aug 1, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 21 min |
| Aug 9, 9:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 3:59 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 30 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 12:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 21, 11:54 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 63 min |
| Aug 21, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 4:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 21, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 7:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 63 min |
| Aug 21, 7:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 4:47 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 66 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:21 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | ALY | 36 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:34 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | ALY | 41 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 10:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 23 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | 3 days |
| Sep 4, 11:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 12:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 2:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 2:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 1:03 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 47 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 2:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:12 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 29 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:35 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 36 hr |
| Sep 29, 6:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Sep 29, 11:22 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Sep 29, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 38 min |
| Sep 29, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 48 min |
| Sep 29, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 49 min |
| Sep 29, 4:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Sep 29, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 60 min |
| Sep 29, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 56 min |
| Oct 5, 4:27 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 30 hr |
| Oct 5, 4:27 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ALY | 30 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 19 hr |
| Oct 14, 2:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 2 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 39 min |
| Oct 15, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 65 min |
| Oct 19, 11:50 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 16 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:12 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 25 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:07 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ALY | 29 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:14 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 12 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:11 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 37 hr |
| Oct 29, 1:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:01 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 24 hr |
| Dec 7, 10:25 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 2:27 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 11 hr |
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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.