Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York, August 2008
158 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2008. 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 August 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 158
- Busiest day
- August 10, 200837 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 4:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 63 min |
| Aug 2, 5:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 5:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 11:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Tioga | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Sullivan | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 65 min |
| Aug 7, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 56 min |
| Aug 7, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 7, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga | 67 min |
| Aug 7, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 7, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 16 min |
| Aug 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Lewis, Oswego | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer | 63 min |
| Aug 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chemung, Steuben | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 8:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 62 min |
| Aug 7, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 53 min |
| Aug 7, 10:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 10:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Warren | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 39 min |
| Aug 8, 1:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Greene | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Westchester | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Niagara | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cattaraugus | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Chautauqua | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 11:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 1:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Warren | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida, Onondaga | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Essex | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Oneida | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Delaware | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 62 min |
| Aug 10, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Monroe | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 63 min |
| Aug 10, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Delaware, Otsego | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango, Cortland | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Cayuga, Wayne | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Madison, Oneida | 59 min |
| Aug 10, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Delaware | 48 min |
| Aug 10, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Tioga | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga | 61 min |
| Aug 10, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Ontario | 49 min |
| Aug 10, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Oswego | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Wayne | 20 min |
| Aug 10, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Tioga, Tompkins | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Schuyler, Steuben, Yates | 36 min |
| Aug 11, 5:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 64 min |
| Aug 11, 10:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland, Westchester | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 11:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Kings, Nassau, Queens | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York, Queens, Westchester | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 11:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 11:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 56 min |
| Aug 11, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Putnam, Westchester | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Orange, Rockland | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Queens | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 50 min |
| Aug 15, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Niagara | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Rockland, Westchester | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, New York, Westchester | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Nassau, Suffolk | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Nassau, Suffolk | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Cortland | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Chenango | 57 min |
| Aug 18, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Montgomery | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 86 min |
| Aug 18, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 88 min |
| Aug 18, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin | 76 min |
| Aug 18, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BGM | Broome, Chenango, Delaware | 59 min |
| Aug 18, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Washington | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Suffolk | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Suffolk County25
- Saratoga County13
- Rensselaer County12
- Nassau County12
- Chenango County11
- Washington County10
- Broome County9
- Columbia County9
- Westchester County8
- Erie County8
- Orange County7
- Oneida County7
- Warren County7
- Dutchess County7
- Delaware County7
- Rockland County6
- Cortland County6
- Cayuga County6
- Madison County6
- Ulster County6
- Fulton County6
- Montgomery County6
- Chautauqua County5
- Bronx County5
- Essex County5
- Jefferson County5
- Onondaga County5
- Albany County5
- Herkimer County5
- Queens County5
- Cattaraugus County4
- Tioga County4
- Niagara County4
- Lewis County4
- Oswego County4
- Greene County4
- Otsego County4
- Clinton County4
- Franklin County4
- Hamilton County3
19 more counties
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20072009
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.