Alert archive / New York / Ulster County
Weather alerts in Ulster County, New York, 2013
175 weather alerts in 2013, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Ulster County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 175
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 28
- Advisories
- 58
- Busiest month
- June30 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 22, 20139 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
Ulster County, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 18 | 11 | 39% | 4 | 75% | 18 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 4 | 20% | 3 | 67% | 102 min |
Each office's whole area, 2013
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Albany, NY: tornado warnings | 6 | 2 | 67% | 7 | 86% | 8 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 124 | 88 | 29% | 315 | 80% | 26 min |
| NWS Albany, NY: flash flood warnings | 54 | 38 | 30% | 133 | 83% | 115 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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 | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 3:07 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ALY | 21 hr |
| Jan 13, 3:57 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ALY | 14 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:11 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:52 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 26 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:50 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | 3 days |
| Jan 27, 3:33 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 39 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:55 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:43 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | 42 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:22 AM EST | High Wind Watch | ALY | 8 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:10 PM EST | High Wind Warning | ALY | 30 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:43 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 35 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 42 hr |
| Feb 8, 4:51 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:51 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 24 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:18 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | ALY | 18 hr |
| Feb 23, 4:35 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 35 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 36 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:10 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 33 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:16 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 18 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 11 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:59 AM EDT | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 43 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 32 min |
| Apr 11, 4:08 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 35 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 34 min |
| May 12, 3:14 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 24 hr |
| May 13, 3:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ALY | 28 hr |
| May 14, 3:08 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 16 hr |
| May 21, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 21, 4:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| May 21, 8:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 61 min |
| May 22, 11:31 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| May 22, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 22, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 56 min |
| May 22, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 25 min |
| May 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 48 min |
| May 22, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 49 min |
| May 22, 4:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| May 22, 7:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| May 22, 8:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| May 23, 4:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | 23 hr |
| May 23, 11:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 44 min |
| May 23, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 56 min |
| May 26, 4:14 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 27 hr |
| May 29, 11:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 29, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 29, 5:56 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 29, 7:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 61 min |
| May 29, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 55 min |
| May 29, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 47 min |
| May 29, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 55 min |
| May 29, 9:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Jun 2, 10:48 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 1:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Jun 2, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 4:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Jun 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 38 hr |
| Jun 12, 10:16 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 47 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:39 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 5:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Jun 17, 6:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 3:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 66 min |
| Jun 25, 12:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:57 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | 45 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Jun 27, 6:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 11:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Jun 28, 7:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 59 min |
| Jun 28, 9:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 2:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | 56 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 2:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 119 min |
| Jul 7, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | 15 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 6:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | 32 hr |
| Jul 10, 9:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Jul 14, 4:08 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 27 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 24 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 27 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:15 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Excessive Heat Warning | ALY | 27 hr |
| Jul 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 27 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:07 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | 18 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:07 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Aug 9, 3:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | ALY | 15 hr |
| Aug 9, 7:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 4:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 117 min |
| Aug 22, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 1:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 31, 4:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Aug 31, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 28 min |
| Sep 1, 12:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 22 min |
| Sep 2, 5:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 6:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 113 min |
| Sep 10, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 60 min |
| Sep 10, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 57 min |
| Sep 10, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 27 min |
| Sep 11, 12:35 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ALY | 5 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 26 min |
| Sep 11, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 37 min |
| Sep 11, 6:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Sep 11, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 65 min |
| Sep 12, 12:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Sep 12, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:26 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Sep 12, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 65 min |
| Sep 12, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 3:57 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 29 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:08 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 28 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:16 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 13 hr |
| Oct 7, 8:56 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:36 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Oct 7, 12:20 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Oct 7, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 42 min |
| Oct 7, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 63 min |
| Oct 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 55 min |
| Oct 8, 4:26 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 29 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:16 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 29 hr |
| Oct 23, 4:05 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ALY | 16 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:50 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ALY | 25 hr |
| Nov 1, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | 55 min |
| Nov 17, 12:23 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 20 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:31 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 89 min |
| Nov 18, 3:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 28 min |
| Nov 23, 3:32 PM EST | Wind Advisory | ALY | 27 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:49 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 49 hr |
| Nov 26, 1:38 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | 28 hr |
| Nov 27, 10:34 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | 4 hr |
| Dec 6, 4:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 5 hr |
| Dec 6, 10:08 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 17 hr |
| Dec 6, 7:41 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:47 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 37 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:49 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | 12 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:37 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ALY | 43 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:02 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 14, 8:16 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:32 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | 27 hr |
| Dec 31, 4:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ALY | 51 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 18 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 9 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 36 |
| Special Weather Statement | 22 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 6 |
| Flood Watch | 6 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 25 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 5 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 10 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 8 |
| Wind Chill Advisory | 2 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| High Wind Watch | 1 |
| Wind Advisory | 5 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.