Alert archive / New York / Hamilton County
Weather alerts in Hamilton County, New York, 2018
144 weather alerts in 2018, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Hamilton County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 144
- Warnings
- 25
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 41
- Busiest month
- November25 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20189 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Hamilton County, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 3 | 67% | 4 | 100% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 0 | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2018
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Albany, NY: tornado warnings | 8 | 1 | 88% | 3 | 67% | 10 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 112 | 75 | 33% | 349 | 83% | 25 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: flash flood warnings | 19 | 11 | 42% | 43 | 81% | 61 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, 1:07 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | 23 hr |
| Jan 2, 5:52 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 7 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:50 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | ALY | 24 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:01 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 27 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:59 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | ALY | 3 days |
| Jan 7, 3:16 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 51 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 64 min |
| Jan 10, 11:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 16 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:09 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | 4 days |
| Jan 11, 3:56 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:45 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 45 hr |
| Jan 12, 7:12 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 7:16 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 7:04 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:29 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 12 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:47 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 13, 5:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | 19 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:29 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | 18 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 51 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 46 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:25 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 39 min |
| Jan 27, 10:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 2 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:26 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | 29 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:32 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 22 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:32 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 25 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 42 hr |
| Feb 7, 11:25 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 62 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:36 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | 53 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:39 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 29 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:07 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 37 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 36 hr |
| Mar 1, 4:00 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 41 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:28 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 36 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 59 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 67 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:33 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 3 days |
| Mar 12, 3:33 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 3 days |
| Apr 2, 3:55 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | ALY | 24 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:37 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | ALY | 37 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:08 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 3 days |
| Apr 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:30 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 39 hr |
| Apr 25, 8:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | 15 hr |
| May 4, 3:57 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 23 hr |
| May 4, 2:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 4, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 4, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 23 min |
| May 4, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 34 min |
| May 4, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 53 min |
| May 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| May 4, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 3:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 13, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 8:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 27 min |
| Jun 13, 9:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 12:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 18, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 3:12 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 5 days |
| Jul 2, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 61 min |
| Jul 5, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 10:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 2:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 12:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 4:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 5:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 87 min |
| Jul 22, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 11:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 9 min |
| Jul 25, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 42 min |
| Jul 27, 1:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 4:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 3:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 5:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 84 min |
| Aug 17, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 1:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 29, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 66 min |
| Sep 3, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 3:51 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 50 min |
| Sep 21, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 43 min |
| Sep 26, 2:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 3:39 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Oct 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 31 hr |
| Nov 2, 3:07 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Nov 6, 5:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 33 min |
| Nov 9, 3:14 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 24 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 19 hr |
| Nov 10, 2:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 62 min |
| Nov 10, 2:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BTV | 43 min |
| Nov 10, 3:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 51 min |
| Nov 10, 5:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 58 min |
| Nov 12, 3:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 34 hr |
| Nov 14, 4:27 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 12 hr |
| Nov 15, 4:00 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 32 hr |
| Nov 15, 10:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:56 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 21, 3:19 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | 33 hr |
| Nov 21, 9:09 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Nov 21, 10:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 62 min |
| Nov 21, 11:02 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | 58 min |
| Nov 21, 11:54 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | 66 min |
| Nov 23, 4:13 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 38 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:39 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 6 hr |
| Nov 26, 10:08 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 27 hr |
| Nov 26, 8:34 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:55 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:49 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 44 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 34 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:04 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | 58 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:42 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 31 hr |
| Dec 20, 7:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 8 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | 17 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 45 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:59 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:26 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 38 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.