Alert archive / New York / Putnam County
Weather alerts in Putnam County, New York, 2008
170 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Putnam County and its neighbors
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- Alerts
- 170
- Warnings
- 41
- Watches
- 35
- Advisories
- 49
- Busiest month
- June34 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 16, 20089 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 1 tornado warnings covering Putnam County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.
Putnam County, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 17 | 9 | 47% | 4 | 100% | 29 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 11 | 8 | 27% | 3 | 100% | 80 min |
Each office's whole area, 2008
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS New York, NY: tornado warnings | 10 | 0 | 100% | 1 | 0% | |
| NWS New York, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 153 | 74 | 52% | 199 | 78% | 21 min |
| NWS New York, NY: flash flood warnings | 66 | 34 | 48% | 129 | 81% | 81 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 9, 4:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 11 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:10 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | 13 hr |
| Jan 13, 4:43 AM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | OKX | 27 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:52 AM EST | Snow Advisory | OKX | 4 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:59 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 16 hr |
| Jan 18, 12:57 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:05 AM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:56 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 24 hr |
| Feb 1, 10:26 AM EST | Ice Storm Warning | OKX | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:56 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:57 PM EST | Flood Watch | OKX | 27 hr |
| Feb 10, 4:44 AM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 24 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:25 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | OKX | 32 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:25 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 31 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:40 PM EST | Flood Watch | OKX | 31 hr |
| Feb 12, 7:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 1:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | OKX | 33 hr |
| Feb 22, 7:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 20 hr |
| Feb 29, 5:04 AM EST | Snow Advisory | OKX | 26 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:40 PM EST | Heavy Snow Warning | OKX | 14 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:17 PM EST | Flood Watch | OKX | 43 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 4:15 PM EST | Flood Watch | OKX | 51 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:41 AM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 10 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:08 PM EST | High Wind Warning | OKX | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 6:48 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Mar 8, 10:38 PM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 7 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:41 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | OKX | 35 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:16 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | OKX | 28 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:30 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | OKX | 11 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:15 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | OKX | 17 hr |
| May 27, 11:20 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| May 27, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| May 31, 5:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 26 min |
| May 31, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 31, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 41 min |
| May 31, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 6:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:16 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | OKX | 27 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:51 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | OKX | 38 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 95 min |
| Jun 9, 4:43 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | OKX | 39 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 10:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 6:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 116 min |
| Jun 16, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 6:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Jun 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 10:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| Jun 23, 3:27 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | 16 hr |
| Jun 23, 3:30 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jun 23, 1:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 113 min |
| Jun 23, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 113 min |
| Jun 29, 12:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:13 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Jun 30, 12:15 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Jul 1, 12:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 114 min |
| Jul 9, 12:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jul 19, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:15 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | 37 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 43 min |
| Jul 23, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 44 min |
| Jul 23, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 59 min |
| Jul 23, 8:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 90 min |
| Jul 23, 8:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 19 min |
| Jul 23, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 110 min |
| Jul 24, 12:07 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Jul 27, 11:03 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 92 min |
| Aug 2, 11:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 11:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 10:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Aug 11, 10:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 11:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 12:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 101 min |
| Aug 11, 12:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 105 min |
| Aug 11, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 49 min |
| Aug 14, 2:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 86 min |
| Aug 14, 6:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 89 min |
| Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Aug 15, 4:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:38 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | 45 hr |
| Sep 5, 12:17 PM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Watch | OKX | 44 hr |
| Sep 6, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 94 min |
| Sep 6, 4:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 8:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 9, 9:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 9:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 112 min |
| Sep 9, 10:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | OKX | 4 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:28 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 77 min |
| Sep 25, 4:01 PM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | 48 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:37 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | OKX | 28 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:32 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | OKX | 13 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:10 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | OKX | 24 hr |
| Oct 17, 4:27 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | OKX | 17 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:13 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | OKX | 29 hr |
| Oct 19, 4:22 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | OKX | 29 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | OKX | 37 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 107 min |
| Nov 15, 1:47 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Nov 15, 2:56 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Nov 15, 6:15 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 15, 6:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Nov 15, 7:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | 22 min |
| Nov 30, 11:09 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 9 hr |
| Dec 7, 4:32 AM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 19 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:56 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | 25 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:49 PM EST | Flood Watch | OKX | 39 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:47 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | OKX | 37 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:47 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 37 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:07 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 6 hr |
| Dec 12, 10:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | OKX | 117 min |
| Dec 16, 5:27 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 33 hr |
| Dec 16, 11:55 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 17, 6:36 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | 32 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | OKX | 29 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:12 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 37 hr |
| Dec 19, 7:22 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 19, 12:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:29 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | 24 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:08 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 27 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:38 AM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 31 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:09 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 18 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:55 AM EST | Freezing Rain Advisory | OKX | 27 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:50 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | OKX | 17 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:35 AM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 11 hr |
| Dec 30, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | OKX | 28 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:53 AM EST | High Wind Warning | OKX | 21 hr |
| Dec 31, 7:06 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 3:21 PM EST | Wind Advisory | OKX | 10 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 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 15 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 45 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 7 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 15 |
| Winter | |
| Heavy Snow Warning | 2 |
| Ice Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 4 |
| Freezing Rain Advisory | 1 |
| Snow Advisory | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 11 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Tropical | |
| Inland Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
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.