Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2018
12 severe thunderstorm watches in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- May4 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 4, 20182 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 4, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Montgomery and 6 more | 4 hr |
| May 15, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins | 7 hr |
| May 15, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 13, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cayuga, Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 18, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 8 hr |
| Jul 27, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Essex | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Franklin and 17 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Schoharie County5
- Cayuga County4
- Erie County4
- Genesee County4
- Jefferson County4
- Lewis County4
- Livingston County4
- Madison County4
- Monroe County4
- Niagara County4
- Oneida County4
- Onondaga County4
- Ontario County4
- Orleans County4
- Oswego County4
- Schuyler County4
- Seneca County4
- Steuben County4
- Tioga County4
- Wayne County4
- Wyoming County4
- Yates County4
- Albany County4
- Columbia County4
- Delaware County4
- Dutchess County4
- Greene County4
- Montgomery County4
- Rensselaer County4
- Schenectady County4
- Ulster County4
- Allegany County3
- Broome County3
- Cattaraugus County3
- Chautauqua County3
- Chemung County3
- Chenango County3
- Cortland County3
- Tompkins County3
- Otsego County3
22 more counties
- Sullivan County3
- Orange County3
- Putnam County3
- Rockland County3
- Westchester County3
- Essex County3
- Franklin County3
- Fulton County3
- Hamilton County3
- Herkimer County3
- St. Lawrence County3
- Saratoga County3
- Washington County3
- Bronx County2
- Kings County2
- Nassau County2
- New York County2
- Queens County2
- Richmond County2
- Clinton County2
- Warren County2
- Suffolk 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.