Alert archive / New York / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in New York, 2002
4 tornado watches in 2002. 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 in 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- April2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 15, 20021 tornado 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chautauqua | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango and 24 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegany County2
- Livingston County2
- Ontario County2
- Steuben County2
- Yates County2
- Chautauqua County1
- Cattaraugus County1
- Erie County1
- Genesee County1
- Wyoming County1
- Bronx County1
- Kings County1
- New York County1
- Queens County1
- Richmond County1
- Rockland County1
- Westchester County1
- Albany County1
- Broome County1
- Cayuga County1
- Chemung County1
- Chenango County1
- Columbia County1
- Cortland County1
- Delaware County1
- Fulton County1
- Greene County1
- Madison County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Oneida County1
- Onondaga County1
- Otsego County1
- Rensselaer County1
- Saratoga County1
- Schenectady County1
- Schoharie County1
- Schuyler County1
- Seneca County1
- Tioga County1
2 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20012003
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.