Alert archive / New York / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in New York, 2011
7 tornado watches in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- May2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 26, 20112 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 27, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Erie and 14 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 12:29 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 8 hr |
| May 26, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 7:56 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 28, 4:38 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens and 4 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockland County4
- Westchester County4
- Bronx County3
- Kings County3
- Nassau County3
- New York County3
- Putnam County3
- Queens County3
- Richmond County3
- Cayuga County2
- Chemung County2
- Schuyler County2
- Seneca County2
- Steuben County2
- Tioga County2
- Tompkins County2
- Yates County2
- Orange County2
- Suffolk County2
- Allegany County1
- Cattaraugus County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Erie County1
- Genesee County1
- Livingston County1
- Monroe County1
- Niagara County1
- Ontario County1
- Orleans County1
- Wayne County1
- Wyoming County1
- Clinton County1
- Essex County1
- Franklin County1
- St. Lawrence County1
- Albany County1
- Broome County1
- Chenango County1
- Cortland County1
- Delaware County1
19 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20102012
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.