Alert archive / New York / Schenectady County
Weather alerts in Schenectady County, New York, 2026
106 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Schenectady County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 106
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 12
- Advisories
- 22
- Busiest month
- June22 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 29, 20268 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Schenectady County, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 13 | 10 | 23% | 5 | 40% | 4 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 6 | 5 | 17% | 1 | 100% | 277 min |
Each office's whole area, 2026
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Albany, NY: tornado warnings | 4 | 2 | 50% | 3 | 100% | 19 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 92 | 75 | 18% | 309 | 84% | 23 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: flash flood warnings | 30 | 19 | 37% | 67 | 94% | 212 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.
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 1, 1:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 64 min |
| Jan 6, 12:11 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 35 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:31 AM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 32 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:01 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | 44 min |
| Jan 11, 3:36 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 4:10 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | 50 min |
| Jan 22, 8:52 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 58 min |
| Jan 22, 12:34 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | ALY | 45 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:38 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 3 days |
| Jan 25, 4:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:22 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | ALY | 63 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:06 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | ALY | 22 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:51 AM EST | Extreme Cold Watch | ALY | 24 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:55 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | ALY | 3 days |
| Feb 6, 12:55 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | ALY | 60 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:27 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 37 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:15 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 38 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:34 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 52 hr |
| Feb 21, 12:34 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 52 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:10 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | ALY | 48 min |
| Feb 25, 9:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 25 min |
| Feb 25, 9:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 44 min |
| Mar 2, 12:48 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 38 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 45 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:32 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:14 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 22 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:26 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:00 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 29 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:35 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 43 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:52 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ALY | 28 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 12:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 1:36 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Apr 16, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 39 min |
| May 2, 12:36 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 15 hr |
| May 4, 1:47 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ALY | 29 hr |
| May 5, 1:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| May 10, 1:06 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 19 hr |
| May 11, 1:06 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 19 hr |
| May 21, 1:26 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 31 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:47 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 42 hr |
| Jun 10, 1:47 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 66 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 14, 9:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 1:21 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 30 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jun 18, 9:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 1:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 1:48 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Watch | ALY | 47 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:31 PM EDT | Extreme Heat Warning | ALY | 3 days |
| Jun 30, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:48 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 30, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 4:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 30, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 2:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 1, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 8:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jul 1, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 9:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 9:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 48 min |
| Jul 3, 9:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 2:21 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 58 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:31 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 53 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 19 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 17 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | 13 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 99 min |
| Aug 7, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 1:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Aug 8, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 14, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 12:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Aug 27, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Aug 27, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 84 min |
| Sep 13, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 35 min |
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.
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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.