Flood Watches in New York
551 flood watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 551
- Busiest year
- 201156 flood watches
- Average year
- 26over 21 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ulster County109
- Dutchess County101
- Washington County94
- Greene County90
- Rockland County88
- Warren County88
- Herkimer County87
- Montgomery County87
- Saratoga County87
- Westchester County87
- Fulton County86
- Rensselaer County84
- Albany County82
- Columbia County81
- Essex County81
- Schoharie County81
- Schenectady County80
- Cayuga County78
- Orange County78
- Delaware County77
- Putnam County76
- Sullivan County76
- Bronx County74
- Hamilton County74
- Kings County74
- New York County74
- Richmond County74
- Clinton County70
- Broome County65
- Erie County64
- Otsego County63
- Oneida County62
- Suffolk County62
- Chenango County60
- Tioga County60
- Allegany County57
- Cattaraugus County57
- Franklin County57
- Lewis County57
- Chautauqua County56
22 more counties
- Queens County54
- Livingston County53
- Wyoming County53
- Chemung County50
- Ontario County50
- Jefferson County50
- St. Lawrence County49
- Cortland County47
- Steuben County47
- Oswego County47
- Wayne County47
- Genesee County46
- Monroe County45
- Nassau County45
- Tompkins County44
- Niagara County43
- Schuyler County43
- Madison County42
- Orleans County41
- Seneca County35
- Yates County35
- Onondaga County34
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2:20 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:46 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BGM | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:24 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 21 hr |
| Aug 26, 2:27 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:29 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 24 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:26 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:59 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BTV | Essex | 32 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 47 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Sullivan | 43 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 4 more | 53 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens and 3 more | 29 hr |
Nearby
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.