Alert archive / New York / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New York, 2020
19 severe thunderstorm watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 19
- Busiest month
- August5 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 29, 20202 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 9, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Essex | 6 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Livingston, Wyoming | 3 hr |
| Jun 28, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 19, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Fulton and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Kings and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 29, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Essex, Franklin and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dutchess, Ulster | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 15, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 15, 7:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bronx, Columbia, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York and 8 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bronx County7
- Kings County7
- New York County7
- Queens County7
- Richmond County7
- Columbia County7
- Dutchess County7
- Ulster County7
- Allegany County6
- Cattaraugus County6
- Chautauqua County6
- Erie County6
- Livingston County6
- Wyoming County6
- Nassau County6
- Rockland County6
- Westchester County6
- Delaware County6
- Greene County6
- Orange County6
- Otsego County6
- Genesee County5
- Ontario County5
- Albany County5
- Rensselaer County5
- Sullivan County5
- Putnam County5
- Monroe County4
- Niagara County4
- Orleans County4
- Wayne County4
- Fulton County4
- Montgomery County4
- Saratoga County4
- Schoharie County4
- Washington County4
- Steuben County4
- Suffolk County3
- Broome County3
- Chenango County3
21 more counties
- Hamilton County3
- Herkimer County3
- Schenectady County3
- Tioga County3
- Warren County3
- Clinton County3
- Essex County3
- Chemung County3
- Schuyler County3
- Seneca County3
- Yates County3
- Cayuga County2
- Tompkins County2
- Franklin County2
- St. Lawrence County2
- Madison County1
- Oneida County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lewis County1
- Oswego County1
- Cortland 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.