Thunderstorm Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- July 31, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Arkwright
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -79.233
Damaging Wind in New York, July 31, 2000
A thunderstorm crossed Chautauqua county and produced damaging winds in the town of Arkwright. Trees were uprooted and animal pens tipped over.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $75,000
- 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.
A thunderstorm crossed Chautauqua county and produced damaging winds in the town of Arkwright. Trees were uprooted and animal pens tipped over. A 26' camping trailer on Partridge road was flipped over several times by the wind and landed fifty feet away from its original position. A garage also on Partridge road sustained damage when the door was blown out.
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:55 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5163507.