Alert archive / New York / Ontario County
Weather alerts in Ontario County, New York, 2021
103 weather alerts in 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 103
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 11
- Advisories
- 20
- Busiest month
- July22 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 21, 20218 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Ontario County, 2021
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 12 | 29% | 15 | 80% | 26 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2021
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings | 2 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 114 | 76 | 33% | 220 | 93% | 27 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings | 24 | 13 | 46% | 32 | 100% | 85 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 20, 8:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 59 min |
| Jan 22, 10:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 72 min |
| Jan 25, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 51 hr |
| Jan 26, 11:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 58 min |
| Jan 28, 3:32 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:45 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 48 hr |
| Feb 2, 2:07 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 20 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 42 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:06 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:41 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 33 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 61 min |
| Feb 28, 6:44 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 4:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 43 min |
| Mar 11, 9:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 60 min |
| Mar 11, 10:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 44 min |
| Mar 25, 2:12 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:00 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 27 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 57 min |
| Mar 28, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 119 min |
| Mar 30, 2:51 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 13 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:57 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 16 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 60 min |
| Apr 1, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 58 min |
| Apr 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 58 min |
| Apr 1, 4:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 1:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 29, 2:24 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 31 hr |
| May 10, 1:06 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 17 hr |
| May 25, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 32 min |
| May 26, 12:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 13, 11:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 5:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 42 min |
| Jun 21, 6:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 12:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 57 min |
| Jun 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 1:36 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Jun 28, 9:38 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 10 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:03 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 30, 11:04 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 30, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 3:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jul 5, 9:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 43 min |
| Jul 6, 12:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 6:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 12:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 12:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jul 13, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jul 13, 4:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Jul 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jul 13, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 57 min |
| Jul 16, 2:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 32 hr |
| Jul 17, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 7:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 8:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 81 min |
| Jul 27, 10:33 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jul 27, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Aug 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 1:31 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 54 hr |
| Aug 11, 7:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 7:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 10:15 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 21 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | BUF | 41 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 86 min |
| Aug 19, 12:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 1:01 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 54 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 20 min |
| Aug 29, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 10 min |
| Aug 29, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 31 min |
| Sep 12, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Sep 13, 12:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 13, 12:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 55 min |
| Sep 13, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 66 min |
| Oct 26, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 15 hr |
| Oct 26, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Oct 27, 7:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BUF | 18 hr |
| Oct 29, 10:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | BUF | 41 hr |
| Oct 30, 8:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BUF | 18 hr |
| Nov 22, 2:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 95 min |
| Dec 5, 3:33 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 45 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:33 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 45 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:32 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | 9 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:32 AM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | 45 hr |
| Dec 17, 1:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 32 hr |
| Dec 18, 10:52 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Dec 22, 6:55 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:49 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 27 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 | 17 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 15 |
| Special Weather Statement | 27 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 6 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 8 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
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.