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Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2012

15 winter storm watches in 2012. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.

Winter Storm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
15
Busiest month
December7 winter storm watches
Busiest day
February 28, 20124 winter storm 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 20, 3:41 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchOKXOrange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester12 hr
Feb 23, 9:42 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence5 hr
Feb 28, 3:39 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchOKXOrange, Putnam12 hr
Feb 28, 4:07 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence25 hr
Feb 28, 4:11 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBGMBroome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Madison, Oneida and 2 more12 hr
Feb 28, 4:20 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more24 hr
Apr 21, 3:30 PM EDTWinter Storm WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston and 5 more24 hr
Apr 22, 5:15 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchBGMSteuben, Yates10 hr
Dec 19, 3:33 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Lewis, Wyoming22 hr
Dec 20, 4:19 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchALYHamilton, Herkimer, Warren11 hr
Dec 24, 3:24 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchBGMBroome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware and 11 more24 hr
Dec 24, 3:41 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchBUFAllegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more20 hr
Dec 24, 4:29 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more36 hr
Dec 25, 3:45 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchBTVClinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence11 hr
Dec 25, 4:04 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchOKXOrange, Putnam24 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

15 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.