Alert archive / New York / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in New York, 2012
7 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- September5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- September 18, 20123 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 29, 12:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Clinton, Columbia, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin and 13 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 11:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange and 6 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Broome, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 18, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bronx, Kings, New York, Orange, Queens, Richmond and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 18, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Oneida and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 13 more | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dutchess County5
- Albany County4
- Columbia County4
- Fulton County4
- Greene County4
- Hamilton County4
- Herkimer County4
- Montgomery County4
- Rensselaer County4
- Saratoga County4
- Schenectady County4
- Schoharie County4
- Ulster County4
- Warren County4
- Washington County4
- Broome County3
- Chenango County3
- Cortland County3
- Delaware County3
- Madison County3
- Oneida County3
- Otsego County3
- Sullivan County3
- Tioga County3
- Clinton County2
- Essex County2
- Franklin County2
- St. Lawrence County2
- Onondaga County2
- Tompkins County2
- Bronx County2
- Kings County2
- Nassau County2
- New York County2
- Orange County2
- Putnam County2
- Queens County2
- Richmond County2
- Rockland County2
- Suffolk County2
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.