Alert archive / New York / Suffolk County

Weather alerts in Suffolk County, New York, 2008

218 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Suffolk County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
218
Warnings
72
Watches
21
Advisories
87
Busiest month
August57 alerts
Busiest day
July 27, 200815 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 3 tornado warnings covering Suffolk County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them.

Suffolk County, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings30100%0
Severe thunderstorm warnings431663%2568%23 min
Flash flood warnings15940%1250%62 min

Each office's whole area, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS New York, NY: tornado warnings100100%10%
NWS New York, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings1537452%19978%21 min
NWS New York, NY: flash flood warnings663448%12981%81 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 9, 4:35 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX11 hr
Jan 11, 11:27 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryOKX3 hr
Jan 12, 4:10 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchOKX13 hr
Jan 13, 4:43 AM ESTHeavy Snow WarningOKX27 hr
Jan 13, 4:43 AM ESTSnow AdvisoryOKX23 hr
Jan 13, 4:22 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX12 hr
Jan 30, 4:05 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX12 hr
Feb 1, 3:58 PM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX13 hr
Feb 10, 4:44 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX24 hr
Feb 12, 4:25 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryOKX31 hr
Feb 12, 2:40 PM ESTFlood WatchOKX31 hr
Feb 12, 7:41 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 18, 1:43 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX3 hr
Feb 18, 1:32 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryOKX4 hr
Feb 21, 3:14 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningOKX33 hr
Feb 21, 3:14 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryOKX17 hr
Feb 22, 7:01 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 22, 2:14 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryOKX20 hr
Mar 5, 2:32 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX8 hr
Mar 5, 3:01 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Mar 5, 4:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX33 min
Mar 5, 5:12 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX48 min
Mar 5, 5:39 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Mar 5, 5:48 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX72 min
Mar 6, 4:15 PM ESTFlood WatchOKX51 hr
Mar 8, 4:41 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX10 hr
Mar 8, 3:08 PM ESTHigh Wind WarningOKX8 hr
Mar 8, 6:48 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Mar 8, 10:38 PM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX7 hr
Mar 20, 4:41 AM EDTWind AdvisoryOKX35 hr
Apr 6, 5:31 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX44 hr
Apr 10, 8:25 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryOKX95 min
Apr 30, 4:30 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryOKX28 hr
May 8, 3:34 PM EDTFlood WatchOKX20 hr
May 9, 11:59 AM EDTWind AdvisoryOKX10 hr
May 9, 11:25 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX5 hr
May 11, 6:34 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX49 hr
May 11, 10:19 PM EDTWind AdvisoryOKX18 hr
May 12, 6:21 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningOKX14 hr
Jun 4, 4:30 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX20 hr
Jun 4, 5:12 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX13 hr
Jun 7, 5:18 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX13 hr
Jun 7, 2:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 8, 4:51 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryOKX38 hr
Jun 8, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX54 min
Jun 8, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX32 min
Jun 8, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX44 min
Jun 9, 4:43 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryOKX39 hr
Jun 14, 8:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX63 min
Jun 14, 9:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX2 hr
Jun 16, 6:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jun 16, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX40 min
Jun 16, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX53 min
Jun 17, 10:44 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jun 18, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX7 min
Jun 18, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX18 min
Jun 23, 1:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX64 min
Jun 23, 2:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX96 min
Jun 23, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX61 min
Jun 24, 12:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC113 min
Jun 28, 8:09 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX22 hr
Jun 29, 3:30 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryOKX2 hr
Jun 30, 5:37 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX27 hr
Jul 2, 12:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 8, 4:57 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX29 hr
Jul 9, 9:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX56 min
Jul 12, 3:54 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX26 hr
Jul 13, 5:56 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX10 hr
Jul 18, 4:36 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX13 hr
Jul 22, 5:30 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX13 hr
Jul 23, 4:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchOKX37 hr
Jul 23, 10:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX91 min
Jul 23, 12:33 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jul 23, 2:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 23, 9:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jul 23, 9:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 23, 11:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX3 hr
Jul 24, 12:07 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Jul 24, 3:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX83 min
Jul 24, 4:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX115 min
Jul 24, 5:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX3 hr
Jul 24, 8:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX2 hr
Jul 27, 10:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX41 min
Jul 27, 10:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX22 min
Jul 27, 11:03 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jul 27, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX44 min
Jul 27, 12:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX45 min
Jul 27, 12:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jul 27, 12:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX55 min
Jul 27, 12:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX40 min
Jul 27, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX51 min
Jul 27, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX48 min
Jul 27, 1:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX3 hr
Jul 27, 2:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX3 hr
Jul 27, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX9 min
Jul 27, 3:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jul 27, 4:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX2 hr
Aug 2, 10:11 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Aug 2, 10:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 2, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX43 min
Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX64 min
Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX64 min
Aug 2, 3:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX66 min
Aug 3, 10:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 6, 8:40 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX65 min
Aug 7, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX52 min
Aug 7, 1:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX2 hr
Aug 7, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX52 min
Aug 7, 2:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX2 hr
Aug 7, 3:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX16 min
Aug 7, 6:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX96 min
Aug 7, 6:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX2 hr
Aug 7, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX47 min
Aug 7, 8:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX44 min
Aug 7, 8:14 PM EDTTornado WarningOKX34 min
Aug 7, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX54 min
Aug 7, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX64 min
Aug 7, 9:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX93 min
Aug 7, 9:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX62 min
Aug 7, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX32 min
Aug 7, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX30 min
Aug 7, 10:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX29 min
Aug 8, 2:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX53 min
Aug 8, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX55 min
Aug 8, 3:07 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX49 min
Aug 8, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX60 min
Aug 8, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX55 min
Aug 10, 10:27 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC33 min
Aug 10, 9:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX2 hr
Aug 11, 10:56 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 11, 11:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX49 min
Aug 11, 12:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX114 min
Aug 11, 12:06 PM EDTTornado WarningOKX24 min
Aug 11, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX51 min
Aug 11, 1:02 PM EDTTornado WarningOKX28 min
Aug 11, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX42 min
Aug 11, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX46 min
Aug 11, 2:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX61 min
Aug 11, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX40 min
Aug 11, 10:14 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX2 hr
Aug 12, 12:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX3 hr
Aug 14, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX47 min
Aug 14, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX50 min
Aug 15, 2:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX114 min
Aug 15, 2:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX104 min
Aug 15, 2:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX2 hr
Aug 15, 2:47 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Aug 15, 2:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX49 min
Aug 15, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX44 min
Aug 15, 6:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Aug 15, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX49 min
Aug 15, 6:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX99 min
Aug 25, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX25 min
Aug 30, 7:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX41 min
Sep 3, 8:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKX47 min
Sep 4, 5:00 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchNHC48 hr
Sep 4, 5:00 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningNHC60 hr
Sep 5, 4:38 AM EDTFlood WatchOKX45 hr
Sep 5, 12:17 PM EDTTropical Storm WatchOKX24 hr
Sep 6, 6:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKX6 hr
Sep 7, 3:08 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryOKX15 hr
Sep 8, 5:26 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX16 hr
Sep 8, 9:27 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX24 hr
Sep 9, 8:35 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Sep 9, 9:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 9, 10:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchOKX4 hr
Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Sep 14, 5:26 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX14 hr
Sep 14, 5:46 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX26 hr
Sep 19, 1:54 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX5 hr
Sep 19, 5:42 PM EDTCoastal Flood StatementOKX49 hr
Sep 24, 3:45 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryOKX5 days
Sep 25, 5:38 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX17 hr
Sep 25, 4:01 PM EDTFlood WatchOKX48 hr
Sep 26, 4:12 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX8 hr
Sep 26, 5:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX4 hr
Sep 26, 8:50 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX3 hr
Sep 28, 10:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX49 min
Sep 28, 11:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX64 min
Sep 29, 12:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX58 min
Oct 1, 3:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX57 min
Oct 20, 5:24 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX10 hr
Oct 20, 4:30 PM EDTFreeze WarningOKX12 hr
Oct 21, 4:04 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryOKX5 hr
Oct 22, 3:30 PM EDTFreeze WatchOKX13 hr
Oct 23, 4:12 AM EDTFreeze WarningOKX29 hr
Oct 25, 3:38 PM EDTWind AdvisoryOKX11 hr
Oct 27, 3:11 PM EDTWind AdvisoryOKX37 hr
Oct 28, 5:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX107 min
Oct 28, 7:49 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX6 hr
Oct 28, 9:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX2 hr
Oct 28, 9:43 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX2 hr
Oct 28, 10:11 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningOKX4 hr
Nov 6, 4:26 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryOKX11 hr
Nov 12, 3:35 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX12 hr
Nov 14, 7:03 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryOKX5 hr
Nov 15, 5:11 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX18 hr
Nov 15, 6:15 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Nov 15, 6:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC3 hr
Nov 25, 6:42 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX93 min
Nov 25, 8:17 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX88 min
Dec 7, 4:32 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX19 hr
Dec 10, 2:49 PM ESTFlood WatchOKX39 hr
Dec 11, 3:31 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX20 hr
Dec 11, 9:54 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryOKX10 hr
Dec 12, 3:38 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningOKX6 hr
Dec 16, 5:27 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryOKX33 hr
Dec 17, 3:04 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchOKX32 hr
Dec 18, 4:12 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryOKX37 hr
Dec 19, 4:39 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryOKX12 hr
Dec 21, 4:38 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX31 hr
Dec 24, 4:06 PM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX17 hr
Dec 27, 3:50 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryOKX17 hr
Dec 30, 12:35 AM ESTWind AdvisoryOKX11 hr
Dec 30, 3:53 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryOKX28 hr
Dec 31, 3:53 AM ESTHigh Wind WarningOKX21 hr
Dec 31, 4:47 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningOKX15 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.