Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York
691 severe thunderstorm watches 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 severe thunderstorm watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 691
- Busiest year
- 200434 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 23over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ulster County267
- Delaware County265
- Greene County264
- Columbia County259
- Dutchess County258
- Sullivan County255
- Orange County252
- Broome County246
- Albany County243
- Chenango County241
- Otsego County241
- Rensselaer County240
- Schoharie County239
- Rockland County237
- Putnam County236
- Tioga County231
- Schenectady County226
- Madison County220
- Westchester County219
- Chemung County217
- Tompkins County214
- Montgomery County212
- Saratoga County212
- Fulton County211
- Cortland County210
- Oneida County207
- Herkimer County204
- Schuyler County203
- Steuben County200
- Washington County200
- Warren County198
- Hamilton County197
- Onondaga County196
- Bronx County193
- New York County192
- Seneca County192
- Yates County189
- Richmond County188
- Kings County187
- Queens County187
22 more counties
- Cayuga County186
- Allegany County169
- Nassau County166
- Ontario County162
- Cattaraugus County158
- Wayne County158
- Oswego County157
- Livingston County154
- Essex County151
- Wyoming County141
- Lewis County140
- Chautauqua County133
- Monroe County128
- Genesee County127
- Clinton County125
- Franklin County121
- Erie County120
- Jefferson County113
- Suffolk County111
- St. Lawrence County103
- Orleans County102
- Niagara County92
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 22, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Queens and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Broome, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Montgomery and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Orange, Rockland | 8 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hamilton, Warren, Washington | 5 hr |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.