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1 freeze warning touches New York. 1 freeze warning (touching New York)

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NWS alerts checked 05:38Z · Data: NOAA/NWS

Sources & update times

SPC Day 1 outlook issued 05:14Z · Data: NOAA/SPC

SPC Day 2 outlook issued 16 Oct 17:24Z · Data: NOAA/SPC

SPC Day 3 outlook issued 16 Oct 19:22Z · Data: NOAA/SPC

SPC discussions checked 05:38Z · Data: NOAA/SPC

SPC storm reports checked 05:35Z · Data: NOAA/SPC

WPC Day 1 outlook issued 00:56Z · Data: NOAA/WPC

WPC Day 2 outlook issued 16 Oct 19:17Z · Data: NOAA/WPC

WPC Day 3 outlook issued 16 Oct 19:17Z · Data: NOAA/WPC

Each feed is judged on its own clock. The masthead’s reading is the site’s publishing health, which is a different thing: a publishing delay does not make a freshly read warning stale, and a fresh check does not make an old outlook newly issued.

NWS warnings / SPC selected outlook: feeds current

NWS warnings: Feed current; checked 05:38Z.

SPC selected outlook: Feed current; checked 05:35Z.

Checked means retrieved, not newly issued. Each graphic retains its issue, observation, initialization or valid time. Site publishing status is separate.

Hazard & forecast product

SPC’s Day 2 file (issued 16 Oct 17:24Z) also covers this period; the newer issuance is shown.

SPC Day 1 hail probability, Saturday 17 Oct

Source: SPC

Now, not forecast: Current warnings as of 05:38Z are drawn over the outlook for Saturday 17 Oct, the warnings hatched so the forecast shows through. They are in force now; the outlook is for its own period. Show the forecast alone

Forecast: SPC’s scale

SPC Day 1 hail probability: Less Than 5% All Areas

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Freeze Warning 1

SPC Day 1 hail probability, valid 12:00Z to 18 Oct 12:00Z, issued 05:14Z · Data: NOAA/SPC. Warnings and watches are as of 05:38Z (now), not for the outlook’s period.

Everything on the map, as a list

SPC Day 1 hail probability: Less Than 5% All Areas
Freeze Warning: Niagara; Orleans; Monroe; Wayne; Northern Cayuga; Northern Erie; Genesee, until 18 Oct 13:00Z
Outside New York, for context: Freeze Warning: Lackawanna; Luzerne, until 18 Oct 13:00Z
Outside New York, for context: Freeze Warning: Lucas; Wood; Ottawa; Sandusky; Erie; Lorain; Cuyahoga; Geauga; Ashtabula Inland; Hancock; Seneca; Huron; Medina; Summit; Portage; Trumbull; Wyandot; Crawford; Richland; Ashland; Wayne; Stark; Mahoning; Marion; Morrow; Holmes; Knox; Southern Erie; Crawford, until 18 Oct 13:00Z
Outside New York, for context: Freeze Warning: Warren; Potter; Elk; Cameron; Northern Clinton; Clearfield; Northern Centre; Southern Centre; Cambria; Blair; Huntingdon; Mifflin; Juniata; Somerset; Bedford; Fulton; Franklin; Tioga; Northern Lycoming; Sullivan; Southern Clinton; Southern Lycoming; Union; Snyder; Montour; Northumberland; Columbia; Perry; Dauphin; Schuylkill; Lebanon; Cumberland; Adams; York; Lancaster, until 18 Oct 13:00Z
Outside New York, for context: Freeze Warning: Tuscarawas; Carroll; Columbiana; Coshocton; Harrison; Jefferson; Muskingum; Guernsey; Belmont; Noble; Monroe; Mercer; Venango; Forest; Lawrence; Butler; Clarion; Jefferson; Beaver; Allegheny; Armstrong; Washington; Greene; Westmoreland; Westmoreland Ridges; Fayette; Fayette Ridges; Indiana; Higher Elevations of Indiana; Hancock; Brooke; Ohio; Marshall; Wetzel; Marion; Monongalia; Ridges of Eastern Monongalia and Northwestern Preston; Preston; Eastern Preston; Western Tucker; Eastern Tucker, until 18 Oct 13:00Z

Briefing details · Where, When, Main hazards

Saturday briefing for New York

Highest anywhere in New York: no area outlined

This is the outlook, a forecast. Warnings in force here are listed above it and outrank it.

The highest category anywhere in the state, from its outline; not every point in it.

When: Outlook valid 12:00Z to 18 Oct 12:00Z: the period it covers, not when storms arrive. This period has not begun.
Prepare: No additional severe-weather preparation is indicated by this outlook.

Official discussion

SPC’s discussion covers the whole country, not New York alone.

SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook narrative, issued 05:16Z · Data: NOAA/SPC

000
ACUS01 KWNS 170516
SWODY1
SPC AC 170514

Day 1 Convective Outlook  
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1214 AM CDT Sat Oct 17 2026

Valid 171200Z - 181200Z

...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...

...SUMMARY...
Severe thunderstorms are not expected today.

...Synopsis...
In the wake of a cold frontal passage, much of the CONUS will be too
dry and stable for thunderstorm development today. The front will
continue moving southward along the central/southern FL Peninsula,
where scattered storm development will be possible within a very
moist environment. Poor lapse rates and weak deep-layer shear should
limit organized severe potential, though localized strong gusts may
occur. Across the Southwest, sporadic lightning flashes may
accompany weak convection associated with a slow-moving mid/upper
low centered offshore of Baja California.

..Dean/Chalmers.. 10/17/2026

$$

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Forecast details

SPC’s categorical outlook rates the coverage and intensity of organized severe storms on five levels, from Marginal (1) to High (5); “Thunderstorms” outlines a 10% or greater chance of thunderstorms and is not a severe category. Each probability is the chance of that hazard within 25 miles of a point during the valid period. An intensity overlay marks where significant severe hazards are more likely should storms occur. An outlook is a forecast; a warning means a storm is happening or imminent. SPC’s definitions.

Coming days · New York

2026-10-17Severe storms: No severe area outlinedFlash flooding: No excessive-rainfall area outlined 2026-10-18Severe storms: No severe area outlinedFlash flooding: No excessive-rainfall area outlined

These are daily outlooks, not arrival times. Days 4–8 retain SPC’s predictability and potential-too-low wording in the dated outlook controls.

Flash-flood risk

WPC outlines no excessive rainfall area at this scope. WPC’s Excessive Rainfall Outlook: a separate forecast with its own scale.

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Recent reports

Reporting period: 12Z 16 Oct – 12Z 17 Oct

0 tornado · 0 wind · 0 hail in New York

Preliminary reports: a count of reports, not of storms. None reported is not proof that nothing happened.

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No watches or mesoscale discussions in New York. Watches, discussions and warnings in the Live tracker

Warnings in New York

1 warning touching New York

1 warning touches New York, most urgent first. A warning across a state line is counted here and in the other state.

NWS alerts checked 05:38Z · Data: NOAA/NWS

Since 04:39Z: no change in the warnings.

Warnings 1

Freeze Niagara; Orleans; Monroe; Wayne; Northern Cayuga; Northern Erie; Genesee until 18 Oct 13:00Z Track: Freeze Warning, Niagara; Orleans; Monroe; Wayne; Northern Cayuga; Northern Erie; Genesee

All 1 warning touching New York, with their full text, in the Live tracker

70 warnings elsewhere in the country: the national list. Track New York live

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