Thunderstorm Wind, Niagara
- When
- September 11, 10:50 PM EST to 10:55 PM EST
- Where
- Niagara County, Wheatfield
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $26,000
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -78.880
Damaging Wind in New York, September 11, 1996
An isolated severe thunderstorm crossed the county downing tree limbs and power lines. In Wheatfield, a car was crushed by a large falling tree.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $26,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
An isolated severe thunderstorm crossed the county downing tree limbs and power lines. In Wheatfield, a car was crushed by a large falling tree. Several mobile homes sustained minor damage from falling limbs and the thunderstorm winds.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:50 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
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 11, 1996
- Hail in Michigan, September 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, September 11, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, September 11 to 12, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 11, 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: 5572791.