Alert archive / New York / Ontario County
Weather alerts in Ontario County, New York, 2014
118 weather alerts in 2014, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ontario County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 118
- Warnings
- 32
- Watches
- 16
- Advisories
- 34
- Busiest month
- July23 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 8, 20147 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 2 tornado warnings covering Ontario County in 2014 had a tornado report inside them.
Ontario County, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 10 | 23% | 16 | 100% | 23 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 4 | 33% | 12 | 100% | 111 min |
Each office's whole area, 2014
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings | 3 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 71 | 49 | 31% | 190 | 89% | 30 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings | 24 | 14 | 42% | 73 | 95% | 140 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, 3:52 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 3 days |
| Jan 1, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Jan 1, 2:45 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 37 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:02 AM EST | Wind Chill Watch | BUF | 49 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:27 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BUF | 3 days |
| Jan 5, 12:34 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 24 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:50 PM EST | Flood Watch | BUF | 3 days |
| Jan 18, 7:38 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 14 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:37 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
| Jan 20, 4:10 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 43 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:39 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 44 hr |
| Jan 23, 4:18 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 23 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:24 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 42 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 18 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:56 PM EST | Wind Chill Warning | BUF | 66 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:56 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 66 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:56 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Feb 2, 9:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 30 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 55 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:35 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:41 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 36 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:31 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:43 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 27 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:11 PM EST | Flood Watch | BUF | 4 days |
| Feb 20, 4:28 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 62 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | BUF | 277 days |
| Feb 21, 10:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 20 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:04 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:05 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 19 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:53 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | BUF | 19 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:00 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 58 hr |
| Mar 11, 8:24 PM EDT | Blizzard Warning | BUF | 26 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Mar 12, 9:08 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:42 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 23 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:42 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 25 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 3, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 50 min |
| May 4, 7:26 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
| May 6, 3:56 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| May 9, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 29 min |
| May 9, 5:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 9, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 80 min |
| May 13, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 39 min |
| May 13, 9:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 5 hr |
| May 14, 10:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 18 hr |
| May 15, 4:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 43 hr |
| May 15, 8:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | 3 hr |
| May 16, 4:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 11 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 6:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 12:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 4:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 80 min |
| Jun 17, 1:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 97 min |
| Jun 17, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 9:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 5:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 11:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 28 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 49 min |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 1:35 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 2, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 62 min |
| Jul 2, 12:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jul 7, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:29 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 8, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:00 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 8, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 4:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BUF | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 58 min |
| Jul 14, 3:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 66 min |
| Jul 14, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 4:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jul 27, 4:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 34 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 9:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 6 hr |
| Jul 31, 5:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 6:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 24 min |
| Aug 1, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 2:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 60 min |
| Sep 21, 1:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 30, 7:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 64 min |
| Oct 4, 10:57 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:32 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 19 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:31 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | BUF | 48 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:14 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Nov 20, 7:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 88 min |
| Nov 23, 2:40 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 31 hr |
| Dec 1, 9:36 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:51 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 3 days |
| Dec 9, 10:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 47 hr |
| Dec 10, 9:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 86 min |
| Dec 10, 10:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 79 min |
| Dec 10, 11:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 71 min |
| Dec 12, 5:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 20 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 20 hr |
| Dec 23, 3:33 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 45 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.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordForecastThe radar archive20132015
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.