Tornado Warnings in New York
733 tornado warnings since 1986. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 733
- Busiest year
- 202467 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 18over 40 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Delaware County51
- Cattaraugus County47
- Oneida County46
- Madison County43
- Sullivan County41
- Chenango County39
- Cayuga County34
- Onondaga County31
- Herkimer County31
- Otsego County31
- Allegany County30
- Broome County30
- Chautauqua County29
- Dutchess County29
- Cortland County28
- Suffolk County27
- Erie County26
- Fulton County26
- Tompkins County25
- Westchester County25
- Columbia County25
- Steuben County24
- Hamilton County24
- Saratoga County21
- Tioga County21
- Lewis County19
- Orange County19
- Schuyler County18
- Montgomery County18
- Rensselaer County18
- Oswego County17
- Seneca County17
- Ulster County16
- Wyoming County16
- Nassau County16
- Chemung County16
- Ontario County15
- Rockland County15
- Washington County15
- Jefferson County14
22 more counties
- Wayne County13
- Livingston County12
- Yates County12
- Putnam County11
- Queens County11
- Genesee County11
- Albany County11
- Monroe County11
- Niagara County10
- Schenectady County10
- Schoharie County10
- Richmond County9
- Kings County9
- Orleans County8
- Greene County8
- Bronx County7
- Warren County7
- Franklin County6
- New York County6
- Essex County5
- Clinton County3
- St. Lawrence County3
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 9:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga | 22 min |
| Sep 2, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Onondaga | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 8:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Cayuga, Seneca | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Allegany, Livingston, Wyoming | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 7:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Steuben | 46 min |
| Sep 2, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Wyoming | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Steuben | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Genesee, Monroe, Orleans | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Genesee, Niagara, Orleans | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | Niagara, Orleans | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BGM | Delaware | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Saratoga, Washington | 21 min |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.