River Flood Warnings in New York
1,396 river flood 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 1,396
- Busiest year
- 2011273 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 70over 20 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.
- Ulster County156
- Delaware County128
- Oneida County117
- Herkimer County109
- Broome County105
- Erie County103
- Saratoga County93
- Washington County92
- Montgomery County89
- Schoharie County80
- Wyoming County77
- Dutchess County77
- Rensselaer County75
- Tioga County74
- Chenango County68
- Genesee County64
- Clinton County63
- Cortland County56
- Essex County56
- Sullivan County53
- Hamilton County44
- Monroe County39
- Albany County37
- Cattaraugus County35
- Schenectady County34
- Orange County33
- Warren County29
- Lewis County27
- Niagara County26
- Jefferson County21
- Livingston County20
- Onondaga County19
- Tompkins County17
- Greene County17
- Rockland County17
- Madison County16
- Chemung County15
- Allegany County14
- Chautauqua County13
- Otsego County13
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:46 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 12 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:39 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:15 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 8 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Schoharie | 13 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:30 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Delaware, Sullivan | 18 hr |
| Apr 19, 3:17 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 7 days |
| Apr 5, 11:56 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 4 days |
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.