Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2012
21 severe thunderstorm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 21
- Busiest month
- July10 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 29, 20123 severe thunderstorm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia and 24 more | 9 hr |
| May 26, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Jefferson, Lewis and 11 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Broome, Chemung, Tioga | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Broome, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Nassau, Putnam, Suffolk, Westchester | 7 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Essex | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Kings, Nassau and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Sullivan | 8 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 40 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 9 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 5, 12:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Cortland and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chemung, Franklin, Genesee and 16 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Putnam County10
- Westchester County10
- Bronx County9
- Kings County9
- Nassau County9
- New York County9
- Orange County9
- Queens County9
- Richmond County9
- Rockland County9
- Chemung County7
- Broome County6
- Dutchess County6
- Oneida County6
- Sullivan County6
- Tompkins County6
- Ulster County6
- Suffolk County6
- Clinton County5
- Cortland County5
- Essex County5
- Franklin County5
- Madison County5
- St. Lawrence County5
- Tioga County5
- Allegany County5
- Cattaraugus County5
- Cayuga County5
- Jefferson County5
- Lewis County5
- Onondaga County5
- Oswego County5
- Schuyler County5
- Seneca County5
- Steuben County5
- Yates County5
- Chenango County4
- Columbia County4
- Delaware County4
- Greene County4
22 more counties
- Hamilton County4
- Herkimer County4
- Otsego County4
- Livingston County4
- Monroe County4
- Ontario County4
- Wayne County4
- Wyoming County4
- Albany County3
- Fulton County3
- Montgomery County3
- Rensselaer County3
- Saratoga County3
- Schenectady County3
- Schoharie County3
- Warren County3
- Washington County3
- Chautauqua County3
- Genesee County3
- Orleans County2
- Erie County1
- Niagara County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.