Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2016
12 severe thunderstorm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- July5 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- February 25, 20162 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 24, 7:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Clinton, Cortland, Essex and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 11:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 18, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 37 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Essex, Franklin | 4 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Allegany, Bronx, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung and 39 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Cayuga, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 10, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 4 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bronx County6
- Kings County6
- New York County6
- Queens County6
- Richmond County6
- Orange County5
- Putnam County5
- Rockland County5
- Westchester County5
- Columbia County5
- Dutchess County5
- Rensselaer County5
- Fulton County5
- Hamilton County5
- Herkimer County5
- Warren County5
- Nassau County4
- Allegany County4
- Cayuga County4
- Clinton County4
- Essex County4
- Franklin County4
- Madison County4
- Oneida County4
- Onondaga County4
- Schuyler County4
- Steuben County4
- Tompkins County4
- Albany County4
- Delaware County4
- Greene County4
- Montgomery County4
- Otsego County4
- Saratoga County4
- Schenectady County4
- Schoharie County4
- Sullivan County4
- Ulster County4
- Washington County4
- Suffolk County3
22 more counties
- Cattaraugus County3
- Cortland County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lewis County3
- Livingston County3
- Oswego County3
- Seneca County3
- Wyoming County3
- Yates County3
- Broome County3
- Chemung County3
- Tioga County3
- Monroe County2
- Ontario County2
- St. Lawrence County2
- Wayne County2
- Chenango County2
- Chautauqua County2
- Erie County1
- Genesee County1
- Niagara County1
- Orleans 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.