Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, May 2012
5 severe thunderstorm watches in May 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 May 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 5
- Busiest day
- May 29, 20123 severe thunderstorm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Broome County2
- Chemung County2
- Chenango County2
- Cortland County2
- Delaware County2
- Madison County2
- Oneida County2
- Otsego County2
- Sullivan County2
- Tioga County2
- Tompkins County2
- Bronx County2
- Kings County2
- New York County2
- Orange County2
- Putnam County2
- Queens County2
- Richmond County2
- Rockland County2
- Westchester County2
- Albany County1
- Clinton County1
- Columbia County1
- Dutchess County1
- Essex County1
- Franklin County1
- Fulton County1
- Greene County1
- Hamilton County1
- Herkimer County1
- Montgomery County1
- Rensselaer County1
- St. Lawrence County1
- Saratoga County1
- Schenectady County1
- Schoharie County1
- Ulster County1
- Warren County1
- Washington County1
- Nassau County1
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.