Tornado and Hail in New York, August 27, 1988

Name: Tornado and Hail in New York, August 27, 1988
Start: 1988-08-27T16:52
End: 1988-08-27T22:15
Location: New York

August 27, 1988 · NWS BUF · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2.5 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Otsego

When: August 27, 4:52 PM CST
Where: Otsego County
Coordinates: 42.820, -74.850

Tornado, Tioga

When: August 27, 8:10 PM EST
Where: Tioga County
Rating: F1
Path length: 11.6 mi
Path width: 880 yd
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 42.020, -76.370

Thunderstorm Wind, Tioga

When: August 27, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Tioga County
Coordinates: 42.050, -76.450

Hail, Broome

When: August 27, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Broome County
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 42.270, -76.020

Thunderstorm Wind, Onondaga

When: August 27, 10:05 PM CST
Where: Onondaga County
Coordinates: 43.180, -76.180

Thunderstorm Wind, Otsego

When: August 27, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Otsego County
Coordinates: 42.630, -75.030

What these are

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.
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.
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

Every storm in New York in 1988 Every state in 1988 This day in weather history The tornado archive for New York, 1988 Warnings in New York, August 1988

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: 10075144, 10075146, 10075145, 10075147, 10075148, 10075149.