Tornado, Chautauqua
- When
- May 2, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Chautauqua County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 28 mi
- Path width
- 450 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -79.620
Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 2, 1983
8 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 7
- Property damage
- $40 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
8 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- May 2, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -78.730
Hail, Erie
- When
- May 2, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -78.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- May 2, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -78.730
Hail, Onondaga
- When
- May 2, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Onondaga County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -75.930
Hail, Chemung
- When
- May 2, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Chemung County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -76.870
Tornado, Chemung
- When
- May 2, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chemung County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -76.680
Tornado, Tioga
- When
- May 2, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Tioga County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -76.530
Tornado, Tioga
- When
- May 2, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tioga County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -76.580
Hail, Broome
- When
- May 2, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Broome County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -75.980
Tornado, Cayuga
- When
- May 2, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cayuga County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -76.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Tioga
- When
- May 2, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Tioga County
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -76.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Chemung
- When
- May 2, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Chemung County
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -76.530
Tornado, Oswego
- When
- May 2, 7:29 PM CST
- Where
- Oswego County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -76.300
Tornado, Onondaga
- When
- May 2, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Onondaga County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -76.470
Tornado, Oneida
- When
- May 2, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Oneida County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 450 yd
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 43.480, -75.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- May 2, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -74.780
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Cayuga | 1983-05-02 | Direct |
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 2, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 2, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 2, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 2, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 2, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, May 2, 1983
- Hail in Texas, May 2, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 2, 1983
- Hail in West Virginia, May 2, 1983
- Hail in Colorado, May 2, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 2, 1983
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10074822, 10074823, 10074824, 10074825, 10074826, 10074827, 10074828, 10074829, 10074830, 10074831, 10074832, 10074833, 10074834, 10074835, 10074836, 10074837, 10074838.