Alert archive / New York / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in New York, 2024
4 tornado watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- August2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- August 9, 20242 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 12:59 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and 8 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:06 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua and 40 more | 11 hr |
| Aug 9, 6:17 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Orange, Sullivan | 8 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albany, Chenango, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex and 20 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Albany County3
- Essex County3
- Fulton County3
- Hamilton County3
- Herkimer County3
- Montgomery County3
- Rensselaer County3
- Saratoga County3
- Schenectady County3
- Warren County3
- Washington County3
- Clinton County2
- Franklin County2
- St. Lawrence County2
- Chenango County2
- Delaware County2
- Madison County2
- Oneida County2
- Otsego County2
- Schoharie County2
- Orange County2
- Sullivan County2
- Allegany County1
- Broome County1
- Cattaraugus County1
- Cayuga County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Chemung County1
- Cortland County1
- Erie County1
- Genesee County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lewis County1
- Livingston County1
- Monroe County1
- Niagara County1
- Onondaga County1
- Ontario County1
- Orleans County1
- Oswego 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.