Tornado Watches in New York
87 tornado watches 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 87
- Busiest year
- 19988 tornado watches
- Average year
- 3over 27 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chenango County36
- Broome County34
- Delaware County34
- Madison County33
- Oneida County32
- Otsego County32
- Sullivan County32
- Tioga County31
- Columbia County30
- Dutchess County30
- Greene County30
- Ulster County30
- Saratoga County29
- Schenectady County29
- Westchester County29
- Albany County28
- Cortland County28
- Fulton County28
- Montgomery County28
- Rensselaer County28
- Schoharie County28
- Tompkins County28
- Rockland County27
- Washington County27
- Chemung County27
- Herkimer County26
- Onondaga County26
- Putnam County26
- Steuben County26
- Warren County25
- Yates County25
- Orange County24
- Cayuga County23
- Hamilton County23
- Schuyler County23
- Seneca County23
- Bronx County21
- Kings County21
- New York County21
- Queens County21
22 more counties
- Richmond County21
- Cattaraugus County21
- Chautauqua County21
- Ontario County21
- Allegany County20
- Livingston County19
- Nassau County18
- Wayne County17
- Wyoming County17
- Essex County15
- Oswego County15
- Erie County15
- Genesee County15
- Monroe County14
- Lewis County13
- Franklin County13
- St. Lawrence County13
- Jefferson County12
- Suffolk County12
- Clinton County12
- Niagara County12
- Orleans County11
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bronx, Broome, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:23 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua | 5 hr |
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.