Alert archive / New York / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in New York, 2003
3 tornado watches in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- May2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 11, 20032 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 11:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 11, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 6 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegany County2
- Cattaraugus County2
- Chautauqua County2
- Erie County2
- Genesee County2
- Livingston County2
- Monroe County2
- Wyoming County2
- Ontario County2
- Wayne County2
- Broome County1
- Cayuga County1
- Chemung County1
- Chenango County1
- Cortland County1
- Herkimer County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lewis County1
- Madison County1
- Oneida County1
- Onondaga County1
- Oswego County1
- Schuyler County1
- Seneca County1
- Steuben County1
- Tioga County1
- Tompkins County1
- Yates County1
- Niagara County1
- Orleans County1
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.