Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 1997
19 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 19
- Busiest month
- May7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 18, 19973 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 10:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Fulton and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 1, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Richmond, Rockland, Sullivan and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster | 6 hr |
| May 6, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Broome, Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, Tioga, Ulster | 6 hr |
| May 6, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 19, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster | 4 hr |
| May 19, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Kings and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Kings, Nassau and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Cortland and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Orange County8
- Rockland County8
- Sullivan County8
- Tioga County7
- Dutchess County7
- Putnam County7
- Ulster County7
- Broome County6
- Columbia County6
- Greene County6
- Richmond County6
- Allegany County6
- Cattaraugus County6
- Cayuga County6
- Genesee County6
- Livingston County6
- Ontario County6
- Seneca County6
- Steuben County6
- Wyoming County6
- Yates County6
- Bronx County6
- Kings County6
- Nassau County6
- New York County6
- Queens County6
- Westchester County6
- Chenango County5
- Madison County5
- Cortland County5
- Monroe County5
- Schuyler County5
- Wayne County5
- Chautauqua County5
- Erie County5
- Albany County4
- Delaware County4
- Rensselaer County4
- Chemung County4
- Oneida County4
22 more counties
- Onondaga County4
- Tompkins County4
- Niagara County4
- Fulton County3
- Hamilton County3
- Herkimer County3
- Montgomery County3
- Otsego County3
- Saratoga County3
- Schenectady County3
- Schoharie County3
- Warren County3
- Washington County3
- Suffolk County3
- Orleans County3
- Oswego County2
- Clinton County2
- Essex County2
- Franklin County2
- Jefferson County1
- Lewis County1
- St. Lawrence 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.