Alert archive / New York / Washington County

Weather alerts in Washington County, New York, 2011

240 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Washington County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
240
Warnings
79
Watches
38
Advisories
49
Busiest month
August36 alerts
Busiest day
June 9, 201111 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

Washington County, 2011

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings00
Severe thunderstorm warnings392926%10100%22 min
Flash flood warnings6350%1100%249 min

Each office's whole area, 2011

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Albany, NY: tornado warnings11373%956%25 min
NWS Albany, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings18911838%40288%29 min
NWS Albany, NY: flash flood warnings492451%9469%95 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 6, 4:33 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY23 hr
Jan 7, 3:30 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY31 hr
Jan 11, 3:40 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY42 hr
Jan 11, 11:55 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY34 hr
Jan 17, 4:07 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY12 hr
Jan 17, 4:23 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY34 hr
Jan 18, 3:33 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 18, 8:01 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 18, 12:37 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Jan 20, 3:57 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY32 hr
Jan 23, 4:14 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryALY17 hr
Jan 31, 3:39 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY12 hr
Jan 31, 3:15 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY52 hr
Feb 2, 2:57 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 4, 4:24 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY12 hr
Feb 5, 4:39 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY22 hr
Feb 5, 4:39 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY22 hr
Feb 5, 4:45 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 5, 8:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementALY60 min
Feb 7, 3:46 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY23 hr
Feb 14, 4:35 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY24 hr
Feb 14, 3:10 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryALY13 hr
Feb 18, 4:03 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY41 hr
Feb 20, 4:07 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY32 hr
Feb 23, 3:55 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY24 hr
Feb 24, 4:31 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY39 hr
Feb 25, 4:28 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Feb 26, 2:20 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY20 hr
Feb 27, 2:47 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY21 hr
Feb 28, 5:19 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Feb 28, 9:13 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Mar 5, 4:25 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY23 hr
Mar 5, 4:01 PM ESTFlood WatchALY42 hr
Mar 5, 4:07 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY44 hr
Mar 6, 3:53 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY32 hr
Mar 6, 12:19 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALY24 hr
Mar 6, 12:19 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALY33 hr
Mar 6, 12:59 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 6, 1:52 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Mar 6, 7:32 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Mar 9, 1:00 PM ESTFlood WatchALY53 hr
Mar 9, 3:39 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY21 hr
Mar 11, 6:52 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Mar 17, 3:45 PM EDTWind AdvisoryALY26 hr
Mar 18, 5:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY11 hr
Mar 30, 4:22 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchALY23 hr
Mar 31, 3:42 AM EDTWinter Storm WarningALY34 hr
Mar 31, 3:42 AM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY34 hr
Apr 3, 3:01 PM EDTFlood WatchALY39 hr
Apr 11, 12:26 PM EDTFlood WatchALY25 hr
Apr 12, 12:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY3 days
Apr 12, 3:27 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningBTV68 days
Apr 17, 5:14 AM EDTWind AdvisoryALY16 hr
Apr 17, 11:22 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryBTV36 hr
Apr 20, 4:52 AM EDTFlood WatchALY9 min
Apr 20, 5:05 AM EDTFlood WatchALY11 hr
Apr 25, 3:27 PM EDTFlood WatchALY45 hr
Apr 25, 11:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY14 days
Apr 26, 4:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Apr 27, 6:52 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY10 days
Apr 27, 5:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY22 hr
Apr 28, 12:22 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY23 min
Apr 28, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY15 min
Apr 28, 3:32 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC28 min
Apr 28, 6:21 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Apr 28, 6:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY63 min
Apr 28, 7:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY47 min
Apr 28, 7:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY57 min
Apr 28, 9:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 28, 11:47 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY28 min
Apr 28, 11:49 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 2, 3:48 PM EDTFlood WatchALY48 hr
May 5, 4:33 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryALY15 hr
May 9, 3:38 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryALY12 hr
May 16, 11:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
May 16, 12:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
May 16, 3:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
May 19, 10:47 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
May 20, 2:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY2 hr
May 20, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY44 min
May 20, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY66 min
May 20, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY3 hr
May 21, 8:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY12 hr
May 24, 1:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
May 26, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
May 26, 2:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
May 26, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY40 min
May 26, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY38 min
May 26, 6:41 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
May 26, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY82 min
May 26, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY60 min
May 26, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY61 min
May 26, 10:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY61 min
May 26, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY58 min
May 27, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY32 min
May 27, 1:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 27, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
May 27, 5:49 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
May 28, 1:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY50 min
May 28, 1:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
May 28, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY39 min
May 28, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY67 min
May 29, 7:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY26 hr
May 29, 1:02 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
May 29, 9:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY6 hr
May 30, 12:28 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jun 1, 5:58 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 1, 6:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY25 min
Jun 1, 10:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 1, 12:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 1, 12:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY60 min
Jun 1, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY57 min
Jun 1, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY64 min
Jun 1, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Jun 1, 2:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY77 min
Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jun 8, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY55 min
Jun 8, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY62 min
Jun 8, 7:45 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC90 min
Jun 8, 8:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Jun 9, 10:36 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Jun 9, 11:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Jun 9, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 9, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY75 min
Jun 9, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY67 min
Jun 9, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY73 min
Jun 9, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY50 min
Jun 9, 3:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY28 min
Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jun 11, 9:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Jun 17, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Jun 22, 4:10 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY37 hr
Jun 25, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY41 min
Jun 25, 5:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY41 min
Jun 25, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY24 min
Jun 28, 6:42 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jun 28, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY65 min
Jun 28, 8:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY42 min
Jul 3, 7:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY23 min
Jul 3, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY45 min
Jul 3, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY59 min
Jul 4, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY54 min
Jul 4, 3:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY72 min
Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY23 min
Jul 6, 1:04 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jul 6, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 6, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY39 min
Jul 6, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY45 min
Jul 6, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY57 min
Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY40 min
Jul 6, 6:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Jul 8, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY43 min
Jul 18, 3:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jul 20, 4:22 AM EDTExcessive Heat WatchALY36 hr
Jul 20, 3:52 PM EDTExcessive Heat WarningALY28 hr
Jul 20, 3:52 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryALY28 hr
Jul 21, 3:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jul 26, 11:05 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jul 26, 11:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jul 26, 3:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Aug 1, 12:07 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Aug 7, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY41 min
Aug 14, 3:59 PM EDTFlood WatchALY30 hr
Aug 15, 5:30 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Aug 15, 6:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Aug 15, 7:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Aug 19, 1:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY54 min
Aug 19, 2:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY29 min
Aug 19, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY53 min
Aug 21, 11:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY61 min
Aug 21, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY56 min
Aug 21, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 21, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY38 min
Aug 21, 4:34 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Aug 21, 5:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY27 min
Aug 21, 5:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY26 min
Aug 21, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY22 min
Aug 21, 7:12 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Aug 21, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY35 min
Aug 21, 8:25 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Aug 21, 10:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY3 hr
Aug 26, 4:47 AM EDTFlood WatchALY66 hr
Aug 26, 5:21 AM EDTTropical Storm WatchALY36 hr
Aug 27, 5:34 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningALY41 hr
Aug 28, 8:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY6 hr
Aug 28, 9:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY32 hr
Aug 28, 11:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY6 hr
Aug 28, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY12 hr
Aug 28, 3:36 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY35 hr
Aug 28, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY42 hr
Aug 28, 5:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY34 hr
Aug 28, 8:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY11 hr
Aug 28, 9:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY12 hr
Aug 28, 9:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY58 hr
Aug 28, 10:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY18 hr
Aug 29, 4:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALY18 hr
Sep 3, 4:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchALY3 days
Sep 4, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 4, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY58 min
Sep 4, 6:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Sep 4, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY64 min
Sep 4, 7:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY49 min
Sep 4, 8:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY4 hr
Sep 4, 8:35 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Sep 5, 2:19 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALY6 hr
Sep 6, 2:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Sep 6, 4:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY13 hr
Sep 6, 1:03 PM EDTFlood WatchALY47 hr
Sep 7, 11:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Sep 7, 12:45 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY30 hr
Sep 8, 12:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY6 hr
Sep 8, 12:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY10 hr
Sep 8, 6:41 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALY31 hr
Sep 16, 3:12 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryALY29 hr
Sep 17, 3:16 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryALY26 hr
Sep 18, 2:43 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryALY17 hr
Sep 22, 3:35 PM EDTFlood WatchALY36 hr
Sep 22, 7:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALY2 hr
Sep 29, 6:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY62 min
Sep 29, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALY56 min
Sep 29, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY48 min
Oct 5, 4:27 AM EDTFreeze WarningALY30 hr
Oct 14, 6:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY51 min
Oct 15, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY58 min
Oct 15, 3:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementALY56 min
Oct 28, 4:14 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchALY12 hr
Oct 28, 4:11 PM EDTWinter Storm WarningALY37 hr
Oct 28, 4:11 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY33 hr
Nov 21, 4:20 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchALY13 hr
Nov 22, 4:54 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY31 hr
Nov 22, 2:08 PM ESTWinter Storm WarningALY22 hr
Nov 22, 10:08 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC5 hr
Dec 7, 4:01 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY24 hr
Dec 7, 6:21 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Dec 7, 10:25 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Dec 16, 2:27 AM ESTWind AdvisoryALY11 hr
Dec 22, 3:15 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY30 hr
Dec 30, 3:06 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALY37 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.