Alert archive / New York / Wayne County
Weather alerts in Wayne County, New York, 2025
115 weather alerts in 2025, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Wayne County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 115
- Warnings
- 30
- Watches
- 15
- Advisories
- 43
- Busiest month
- February18 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 29, 20256 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Wayne County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them.
Wayne County, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 16 | 12 | 25% | 13 | 100% | 31 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 1 | 1 | 0% | 1 | 100% | 96 min |
Each office's whole area, 2025
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Buffalo, NY: tornado warnings | 5 | 1 | 80% | 2 | 50% | 1 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings | 84 | 53 | 37% | 232 | 94% | 26 min |
| NWS Buffalo, NY: flash flood warnings | 21 | 14 | 33% | 39 | 95% | 64 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 7, 10:04 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 45 hr |
| Jan 14, 2:54 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 41 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:43 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 37 hr |
| Jan 19, 12:47 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | BUF | 70 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:41 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 40 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:07 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 28 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:23 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jan 28, 5:00 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 44 hr |
| Feb 2, 1:21 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 15 hr |
| Feb 4, 3:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 54 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:40 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:15 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | 60 min |
| Feb 7, 3:17 AM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | 58 min |
| Feb 7, 5:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | BUF | 59 min |
| Feb 7, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Feb 8, 6:21 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Feb 9, 3:29 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 48 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:38 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 63 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:03 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 14 hr |
| Feb 13, 3:59 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 29 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:00 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 62 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:37 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 13 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:03 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:31 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 3 days |
| Feb 16, 8:28 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:39 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 55 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:06 AM EST | Flood Watch | BUF | 3 days |
| Mar 6, 3:49 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:42 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 38 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Mar 16, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 4:02 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Mar 16, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 54 min |
| Mar 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 63 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:49 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Apr 12, 4:05 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | BUF | 24 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:41 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 1:54 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 16 hr |
| May 6, 10:45 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 21 hr |
| May 17, 7:36 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 17, 12:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 17, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 56 min |
| May 17, 12:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 17, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 59 min |
| May 17, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 56 min |
| May 31, 4:01 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 28 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:51 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 22 min |
| Jun 9, 4:16 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 22 hr |
| Jun 9, 7:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 18, 3:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | BUF | 4 hr |
| Jun 19, 3:53 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 34 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:44 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 4 days |
| Jun 22, 12:32 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 26, 3:50 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 24 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:34 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:04 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 17 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 45 min |
| Jul 12, 1:04 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 18 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:16 AM EDT | Flood Watch | BUF | 20 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:23 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 1:14 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 31 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 3:53 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 26 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:46 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 19 hr |
| Jul 23, 1:23 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | BUF | 43 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:59 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 36 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:49 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 36 hr |
| Aug 24, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 1:04 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 24, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BUF | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 1:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 61 min |
| Aug 24, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 3:59 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 46 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:40 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 27 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:00 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 14 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:44 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BUF | 58 min |
| Sep 30, 3:56 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | BUF | 49 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:25 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 32 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:49 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | BUF | 19 hr |
| Oct 26, 1:36 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | 31 hr |
| Oct 27, 12:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | 20 hr |
| Oct 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | BUF | 40 hr |
| Oct 30, 1:08 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | BUF | 36 hr |
| Nov 4, 1:03 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 35 hr |
| Nov 9, 12:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 13 hr |
| Nov 10, 1:36 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 59 hr |
| Nov 16, 12:37 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 47 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:01 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 20 hr |
| Nov 25, 12:44 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 4 days |
| Nov 25, 12:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Nov 25, 12:54 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 60 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:55 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 40 hr |
| Dec 3, 12:36 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 30 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 12:49 PM EST | Lake Effect Snow Warning | BUF | 4 days |
| Dec 12, 1:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 24 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:18 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 60 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 60 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:56 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | BUF | 39 hr |
| Dec 26, 12:49 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 15 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:22 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 4 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | 11 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | BUF | 7 days |
| Dec 28, 12:41 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | 41 hr |
| Dec 29, 4:13 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | 62 min |
| Dec 29, 5:19 PM EST | Snow Squall Warning | BUF | 38 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 | 16 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 15 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Lake Effect Snow Warning | 3 |
| Snow Squall Warning | 4 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 7 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 20 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 3 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 12 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Beach Hazards Statement | 11 |
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.