Alert archive / New York / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in New York, 2017
2 tornado watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 2
- Busiest month
- May1 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- May 1, 20171 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 1, 2:12 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 23 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung and 36 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegany County2
- Broome County2
- Cattaraugus County2
- Cayuga County2
- Chautauqua County2
- Chemung County2
- Chenango County2
- Cortland County2
- Erie County2
- Genesee County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lewis County2
- Livingston County2
- Madison County2
- Monroe County2
- Niagara County2
- Oneida County2
- Onondaga County2
- Ontario County2
- Orleans County2
- Oswego County2
- Schuyler County2
- Seneca County2
- Steuben County2
- Tioga County2
- Tompkins County2
- Wayne County2
- Wyoming County2
- Yates County2
- Clinton County1
- Essex County1
- Franklin County1
- Fulton County1
- Hamilton County1
- Herkimer County1
- Montgomery County1
- Otsego County1
- St. Lawrence County1
- Saratoga County1
- Schenectady County1
2 more counties
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.