Alert archive / New York / Rensselaer County

Weather alerts in Rensselaer County, New York, 2021

225 weather alerts in 2021, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Rensselaer County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
225
Warnings
60
Watches
21
Advisories
63
Busiest month
July66 alerts
Busiest day
September 15, 202116 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Rensselaer County, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings443618%2488%19 min
Flash flood warnings5420%1090%48 min

Each office's whole area, 2021

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Albany, NY: tornado warnings4175%425%2 min
NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings18714721%48683%20 min
NWS Albany, NY: flash flood warnings382437%10886%92 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 9:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY57 min
Jan 2, 6:59 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jan 2, 3:40 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY38 hr
Jan 3, 9:22 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY68 min
Jan 16, 6:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY37 min
Jan 20, 11:40 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY50 min
Jan 20, 12:20 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY40 min
Jan 25, 3:26 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY43 hr
Jan 28, 3:38 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryALY32 hr
Jan 29, 12:47 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryALY21 hr
Jan 30, 3:34 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY36 hr
Jan 31, 4:11 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY50 hr
Jan 31, 4:11 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY53 hr
Feb 13, 3:40 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY37 hr
Feb 15, 4:43 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY29 hr
Feb 16, 2:51 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 28, 3:11 PM ESTWind AdvisoryALY46 hr
Mar 1, 2:58 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningALY25 hr
Mar 1, 7:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY47 min
Mar 1, 8:12 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY48 min
Mar 12, 3:27 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY27 hr
Mar 13, 3:46 PM ESTWind AdvisoryALY29 hr
Mar 25, 3:36 PM EDTWind AdvisoryALY32 hr
Mar 28, 3:56 AM EDTWind AdvisoryALY35 hr
Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningALY18 hr
Apr 15, 4:03 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY40 hr
Apr 21, 11:49 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 29, 3:35 PM EDTWind AdvisoryALY34 hr
Apr 30, 3:45 AM EDTHigh Wind WarningALY11 hr
May 12, 3:27 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryALY29 hr
May 26, 12:16 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
May 26, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 26, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY34 min
May 26, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY37 min
May 26, 4:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 6, 3:33 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY26 hr
Jun 8, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY84 min
Jun 14, 8:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY38 min
Jun 14, 9:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY50 min
Jun 15, 4:31 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryALY102 min
Jun 20, 3:31 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY26 hr
Jun 21, 12:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 21, 6:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jun 21, 9:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jun 21, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY26 min
Jun 21, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY61 min
Jun 26, 3:20 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY28 hr
Jun 27, 2:54 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY29 hr
Jun 28, 2:19 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY30 hr
Jun 28, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY33 min
Jun 28, 3:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY25 min
Jun 28, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY30 min
Jun 28, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY52 min
Jun 29, 3:52 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY27 hr
Jun 29, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY40 min
Jun 29, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY63 min
Jun 29, 5:07 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY38 min
Jun 29, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY60 min
Jun 29, 7:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Jun 29, 7:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY60 min
Jun 29, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY28 min
Jun 30, 11:04 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Jun 30, 11:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 30, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY36 min
Jun 30, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY30 min
Jun 30, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY30 min
Jun 30, 3:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY44 min
Jun 30, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY29 min
Jun 30, 3:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY55 min
Jun 30, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY27 min
Jul 6, 1:12 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY33 min
Jul 6, 12:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 6, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 6, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY44 min
Jul 6, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY47 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY37 min
Jul 6, 4:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
Jul 7, 1:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jul 7, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
Jul 7, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY32 min
Jul 7, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY31 min
Jul 7, 4:48 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 7, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY39 min
Jul 7, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY59 min
Jul 7, 6:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY27 min
Jul 8, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY60 min
Jul 8, 12:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY41 min
Jul 11, 3:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY45 hr
Jul 11, 9:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jul 11, 11:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jul 12, 12:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY4 hr
Jul 14, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY43 min
Jul 14, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY43 min
Jul 14, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Jul 14, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY66 min
Jul 14, 3:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jul 14, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY2 hr
Jul 14, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY52 min
Jul 14, 4:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY3 hr
Jul 14, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY28 min
Jul 14, 4:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY3 hr
Jul 14, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY24 min
Jul 14, 5:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jul 14, 6:12 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY3 hr
Jul 14, 6:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY3 hr
Jul 14, 7:57 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY3 hr
Jul 14, 9:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY11 hr
Jul 16, 3:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY55 hr
Jul 17, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
Jul 17, 6:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 17, 9:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jul 17, 10:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY115 min
Jul 20, 3:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 20, 3:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY35 min
Jul 20, 7:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 20, 8:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jul 20, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY36 min
Jul 20, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY33 min
Jul 20, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY51 min
Jul 20, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY52 min
Jul 20, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY59 min
Jul 20, 10:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jul 25, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY29 min
Jul 26, 6:02 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jul 27, 2:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 27, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 27, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY35 min
Jul 27, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY46 min
Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY43 min
Jul 27, 4:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jul 27, 4:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY36 min
Jul 27, 6:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jul 29, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY64 min
Jul 29, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY57 min
Jul 29, 8:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY117 min
Jul 29, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY45 min
Aug 1, 3:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY19 hr
Aug 7, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY45 min
Aug 7, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY42 min
Aug 10, 3:30 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchALY37 hr
Aug 10, 3:30 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY41 hr
Aug 11, 4:00 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningALY28 hr
Aug 11, 4:00 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY28 hr
Aug 11, 4:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 12, 11:03 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 12, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 12, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY48 min
Aug 12, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY18 min
Aug 12, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY61 min
Aug 12, 4:00 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY28 hr
Aug 12, 4:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Aug 13, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Aug 13, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY50 min
Aug 13, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY47 min
Aug 13, 7:14 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Aug 13, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY35 min
Aug 13, 8:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY50 min
Aug 18, 3:33 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY32 hr
Aug 21, 4:18 AM EDTFlood WatchALY66 hr
Aug 22, 6:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Aug 22, 6:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY77 min
Aug 23, 3:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Aug 23, 4:42 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Aug 25, 3:14 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY29 hr
Aug 30, 3:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY61 hr
Aug 30, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY34 min
Sep 1, 9:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY5 hr
Sep 1, 10:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 1, 11:49 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 6, 7:15 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryALY105 min
Sep 6, 11:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY32 min
Sep 6, 12:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY30 min
Sep 8, 7:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY49 min
Sep 8, 7:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY44 min
Sep 8, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY55 min
Sep 8, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY53 min
Sep 8, 7:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY101 min
Sep 8, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatALY54 min
Sep 8, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY59 min
Sep 8, 8:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Sep 8, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY21 min
Sep 15, 10:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 15, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 15, 2:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY26 min
Sep 15, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Sep 15, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY25 min
Sep 15, 2:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY3 hr
Sep 15, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY49 min
Sep 15, 2:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 15, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY60 min
Sep 15, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY31 min
Sep 15, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY66 min
Sep 15, 3:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 15, 4:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 15, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY59 min
Sep 15, 4:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Sep 15, 4:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Sep 18, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY21 min
Sep 18, 5:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY52 min
Oct 15, 10:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY29 min
Oct 16, 12:09 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Oct 16, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 16, 2:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Oct 16, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY42 min
Oct 16, 8:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Oct 27, 8:34 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY11 hr
Nov 12, 9:52 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Nov 12, 10:59 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY46 min
Nov 13, 2:53 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Nov 25, 3:32 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY36 hr
Nov 26, 3:16 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY25 hr
Nov 26, 4:42 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Dec 2, 6:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY55 min
Dec 2, 7:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY29 min
Dec 6, 4:00 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY21 hr
Dec 10, 3:09 PM ESTWind AdvisoryALY36 hr
Dec 11, 8:38 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY52 min
Dec 11, 9:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY60 min
Dec 11, 9:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY45 min
Dec 17, 3:35 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY50 hr
Dec 18, 2:54 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 24, 3:33 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY44 hr
Dec 25, 5:44 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 27, 3:21 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY28 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

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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.