Thunderstorm Wind, Niagara
- When
- August 24, 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Niagara County, North Tonawanda
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -78.880
Damaging Winds in New York, August 24, 1998
Severe thunderstorms moved across the Niagara peninsula during the late evening hours downing trees and utility wires in Erie and Niagara counties. Hundreds of trees and branches were downed making some roads impassable.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Severe thunderstorms moved across the Niagara peninsula during the late evening hours downing trees and utility wires in Erie and Niagara counties. Hundreds of trees and branches were downed making some roads impassable. Several thousand customers were without power for a few hours while phone service in some localities took twelve to eighteen hours to restore.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 15 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- August 24, 10:40 PM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Williamsville
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -78.730
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
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- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 24, 1998
- Rip Current in New York, August 24, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 24, 1998
- Flooding in Texas, August 24 to 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 24, 1998
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: 5664288, 5664289.