Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, 2003
156 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2003. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 156
- Busiest month
- July56 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- July 21, 200326 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By month
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 40 min |
| Mar 21, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 44 min |
| Mar 21, 8:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 33 min |
| Mar 21, 8:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 30 min |
| Mar 21, 9:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 43 min |
| May 1, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Wayne | 41 min |
| May 1, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 51 min |
| May 1, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 35 min |
| May 1, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 23 min |
| May 1, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 47 min |
| May 1, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 61 min |
| May 1, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 56 min |
| May 1, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 48 min |
| May 1, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 47 min |
| May 1, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 49 min |
| May 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton | 63 min |
| May 1, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 45 min |
| May 1, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 56 min |
| May 1, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Otsego | 45 min |
| May 1, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 50 min |
| May 1, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 38 min |
| May 6, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler | 27 min |
| May 6, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tompkins | 46 min |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben, Yates | 38 min |
| May 11, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 44 min |
| May 11, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 49 min |
| May 11, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 51 min |
| May 11, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 59 min |
| May 11, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland, Tompkins | 48 min |
| May 11, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 11, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 49 min |
| May 11, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 42 min |
| May 11, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 62 min |
| May 11, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 26 min |
| May 11, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Onondaga | 32 min |
| May 11, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga | 24 min |
| May 11, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Cortland, Tompkins | 61 min |
| May 28, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 40 min |
| Jun 8, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 29 min |
| Jun 8, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Queens | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 10:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 47 min |
| Jul 4, 11:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 11:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 12:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 6:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin | 27 min |
| Jul 17, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | St. Lawrence | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 21 min |
| Jul 21, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Schenectady | 72 min |
| Jul 21, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Steuben | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Steuben, Tioga | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Steuben, Tioga | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler, Tompkins | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Cortland | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware, Otsego | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 78 min |
| Jul 21, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Greene | 75 min |
| Jul 21, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 53 min |
| Jul 21, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 10:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 60 min |
| Jul 24, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 29 min |
| Jul 24, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Orleans | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 12:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 43 min |
| Aug 13, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Ulster | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 9:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Erie | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wyoming | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Allegany | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 11:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 12:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 63 min |
| Aug 22, 2:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 62 min |
| Aug 22, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 63 min |
| Aug 22, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 66 min |
| Aug 26, 6:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 8:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 43 min |
| Sep 23, 8:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 41 min |
| Sep 23, 9:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 45 min |
| Sep 23, 9:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 61 min |
| Oct 21, 6:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 27 min |
| Oct 27, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 47 min |
| Oct 27, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Richmond | 45 min |
| Oct 27, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens and 1 more | 38 min |
| Nov 12, 7:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 27 min |
| Nov 12, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 56 min |
| Nov 12, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 50 min |
| Nov 12, 9:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee | 48 min |
| Nov 12, 10:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe, Orleans | 59 min |
| Nov 12, 10:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Livingston | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Suffolk County10
- Chautauqua County10
- Erie County8
- Rockland County7
- Oswego County7
- Westchester County6
- Dutchess County6
- Orange County6
- Cattaraugus County5
- Lewis County5
- Herkimer County5
- Delaware County5
- Richmond County5
- Niagara County5
- Queens County4
- Monroe County4
- Greene County4
- Tompkins County4
- Steuben County4
- Orleans County4
- Jefferson County4
- Chemung County4
- St. Lawrence County4
- Washington County4
- Allegany County4
- Columbia County4
- Nassau County3
- Putnam County3
- Wyoming County3
- Cayuga County3
- Onondaga County3
- Hamilton County3
- Otsego County3
- Cortland County3
- Broome County3
- Rensselaer County3
- Ulster County3
- Wayne County2
- Livingston County2
- Oneida County2
21 more counties
- Warren County2
- Fulton County2
- Saratoga County2
- Schuyler County2
- Genesee County2
- Franklin County2
- Schoharie County2
- Albany County2
- Tioga County2
- Sullivan County2
- Kings County2
- New York County2
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Yates County1
- Seneca County1
- Schenectady County1
- Chenango County1
- Essex County1
- Ontario County1
- Bronx County1
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.