Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in New York, 2016
12 winter storm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- February7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 14, 20163 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester | 43 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 21 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:25 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:44 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BGM | Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Steuben, Yates | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:07 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Franklin, St. Lawrence | 11 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:08 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 13 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:19 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 13 hr |
| Feb 29, 3:45 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Jefferson, Lewis, Monroe, Niagara and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | OKX | Suffolk | 12 hr |
| Nov 18, 2:39 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 13 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:24 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hamilton County3
- Herkimer County3
- Franklin County3
- St. Lawrence County3
- Cayuga County2
- Erie County2
- Genesee County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lewis County2
- Monroe County2
- Niagara County2
- Orleans County2
- Oswego County2
- Wyoming County2
- Clinton County2
- Essex County2
- Fulton County2
- Orange County1
- Putnam County1
- Rockland County1
- Westchester County1
- Allegany County1
- Cattaraugus County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Livingston County1
- Ontario County1
- Wayne County1
- Oneida County1
- Onondaga County1
- Seneca County1
- Steuben County1
- Yates County1
- Warren County1
- Suffolk County1
- Columbia County1
- Rensselaer County1
- Washington County1
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.