Red Flag Warnings in New York
112 red flag warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 112
- Busiest year
- 201221 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 7over 17 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bronx County8
- Kings County8
- New York County8
- Queens County8
- Richmond County8
- Albany County7
- Columbia County7
- Dutchess County7
- Greene County7
- Nassau County7
- Orange County7
- Putnam County7
- Rensselaer County7
- Rockland County7
- Schenectady County7
- Suffolk County7
- Sullivan County7
- Ulster County7
- Westchester County7
- Delaware County5
- Clinton County2
- Essex County2
- Franklin County2
- St. Lawrence County2
- Allegany County1
- Broome County1
- Cattaraugus County1
- Cayuga County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Chemung County1
- Chenango County1
- Cortland County1
- Erie County1
- Herkimer County1
- Livingston County1
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Oneida County1
- Onondaga County1
- Ontario County1
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:47 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Schenectady and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:32 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 14 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:52 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 5 more | 28 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.