Alert archive / New York / Niagara County
Weather alerts in Niagara County, New York, 2023
72 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 72
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest month
- July21 alerts
- Busiest day
- August 7, 20234 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, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 10 | 7 | 30% | 8 | 88% | 24 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 3 | 100% | 9 min |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings | 5 | 3 | 40% | 4 | 75% | 23 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 78 | 54 | 31% | 215 | 96% | 26 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings | 16 | 13 | 19% | 45 | 100% | 83 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 12, 12:17 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Jan 16, 2:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 32 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 55 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 51 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:44 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 64 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:47 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 54 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:03 PM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | 23 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:26 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 41 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:53 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:58 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 15 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:48 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:23 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 58 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 35 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:31 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:12 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 50 hr |
| Mar 23, 3:55 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | BUF | 22 hr |
| Mar 24, 2:02 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | BUF | 38 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 79 min |
| Mar 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:37 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| May 17, 10:57 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 21 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:57 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 25 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:48 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 25 min |
| Jul 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 4:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jul 20, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 1:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 36 min |
| Jul 24, 11:34 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 52 min |
| Jul 24, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 89 min |
| Jul 26, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 49 min |
| Jul 26, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 10:12 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:12 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 16 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:50 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:48 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 13 hr |
| Aug 6, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 4:07 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 30 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 60 min |
| Aug 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 24 hr |
| Aug 15, 7:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 17, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 4:52 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 45 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:25 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 22 hr |
| Sep 3, 2:17 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Sep 4, 2:04 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:40 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 27 hr |
| Sep 24, 3:54 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 42 hr |
| Dec 11, 12:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Dec 24, 6:31 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | BUF | 9 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:07 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | BUF | 22 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 10 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 18 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 8 |
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.