Alert archive / New York / Niagara County
Weather alerts in Niagara County, New York, 2008
95 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Niagara County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 95
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 30
- Busiest month
- December22 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 16, 20087 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Niagara County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 23 | 15 | 35% | 16 | 88% | 19 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 166 | 92 | 45% | 184 | 90% | 23 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings | 10 | 6 | 40% | 14 | 57% | 40 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 8, 4:00 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Jan 9, 3:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 28 min |
| Jan 9, 6:29 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 9 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:30 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 13 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:38 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:23 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:40 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:16 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | 19 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:51 PM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | BUF | 11 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:30 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 34 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:54 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 11 hr |
| Jan 30, 6:58 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 36 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 15 hr |
| Feb 4, 2:02 PM EST | Flood Watch | BUF | 52 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:45 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 36 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:29 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 16 hr |
| Feb 8, 9:16 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 26 hr |
| Feb 9, 4:54 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 40 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:03 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 26 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 16 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 29 hr |
| Feb 12, 9:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:25 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 37 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 25 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 29 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:52 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 14 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:45 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 47 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:31 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BUF | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:13 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 14 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:48 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:05 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| May 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 44 min |
| May 31, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 22 min |
| Jun 8, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 10:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| Jun 28, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 10:46 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 29, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 29, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 77 min |
| Jun 29, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 74 min |
| Jul 16, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 57 min |
| Jul 23, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 6:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 26, 10:16 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 27, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| Sep 13, 3:09 PM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 13 hr |
| Sep 14, 12:27 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| Sep 14, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| Sep 14, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 49 min |
| Oct 6, 4:21 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:39 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | BUF | 12 hr |
| Oct 17, 8:23 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
| Oct 18, 3:18 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | 29 hr |
| Oct 26, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 50 min |
| Nov 21, 3:37 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 23 hr |
| Dec 5, 10:08 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 20 hr |
| Dec 8, 10:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
| Dec 11, 3:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 19 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 31 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 21 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 34 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:22 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:02 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 13 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:22 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 65 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:22 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 46 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:31 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | 33 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:49 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 32 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:03 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 16 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:28 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Dec 27, 8:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | 14 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:25 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 30 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 33 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:03 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 4 days |
| Dec 29, 2:56 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 17 hr |
| Dec 30, 5:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 31 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 11:55 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 17 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.