Thunderstorm Wind, Broome
- When
- August 23, 2:00 PM EST to 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Broome County, Kirkwood to Conklin
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -75.780
Damaging Wind in New York, August 23, 1996
Thunderstorm winds overturned a temporary office trailer in the town of Kirkwood. A large tree was also blown down onto a parked vehicle in Conklin.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds overturned a temporary office trailer in the town of Kirkwood. A large tree was also blown down onto a parked vehicle in Conklin.
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Missouri, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 23, 1996
- Flood in Florida, August 23, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, August 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in California, August 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, August 23, 1996
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: 5563604.