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High Wind Watches in New York, 2020
12 high wind watches in 2020. 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 high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- April6 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- April 11, 20204 high wind watches
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:40 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:20 PM EST | High Wind Watch | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 13 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:58 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 38 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:32 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Monroe, Niagara and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:57 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Lewis, Livingston, Ontario and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:29 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:45 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 12 hr |
| Apr 11, 4:12 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:21 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | BGM | Cayuga, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Schuyler, Seneca and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 13, 3:27 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans | 24 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:49 PM EST | High Wind Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:35 AM EST | High Wind Watch | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chautauqua County4
- Erie County4
- Genesee County4
- Monroe County4
- Niagara County4
- Orleans County4
- Columbia County3
- Rensselaer County3
- Cattaraugus County2
- Wyoming County2
- Cayuga County2
- Dutchess County2
- Bronx County2
- Kings County2
- Nassau County2
- New York County2
- Queens County2
- Richmond County2
- Suffolk County2
- Westchester County2
- Jefferson County1
- Allegany County1
- Lewis County1
- Livingston County1
- Ontario County1
- Oswego County1
- Wayne County1
- Albany County1
- Fulton County1
- Greene County1
- Herkimer County1
- Montgomery County1
- Saratoga County1
- Schenectady County1
- Schoharie County1
- Ulster County1
- Franklin County1
- St. Lawrence County1
- Orange County1
- Putnam County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.