12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:07 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread trees and wires were blown down from thunderstorm winds. Some utility poles were also snapped. Building damage was reported from falling trees and limbs. The wind blew over an unloaded tractor trailer in Erwin. The roof of a restaurant was blown off. A bus stop shelter was torn from its bolts.
Trees and wires down countywide from thunderstorm winds.
Trees, wires, and utility poles down from thunderstorm winds. Some structural damage reported from trees falling on houses. One trailer was flipped over at Reading Center and one wall of a barn was blown out. Trees 4 to 5 feet in diameter were uprooted at Clute Park. One car was crushed by large tree.
Widespread trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds. Some damage reported to buildings and cars from falling trees. Most damage occurred in Etna and Cayuga Heights.
Trees and wires down from thunderstorm winds along with some street flooding. Some structural damage reported from wind and falling trees. The hardest hit area was from South Norwich through South New Berlin. Numerous reports of trees on houses and wires down in City of Norwich, prompting the declaration of a State of Emergency. A trailer on Wells Road in the town of Norwich was knocked off its foundation. A roof was blown off a building and a tree blown onto a car on Hale Street. A vacant building was destroyed off Prentice Street and the top of a practice tower was blown off at the Chenango County Fire Training Center. One barn was destroyed in the town of Oxford. 0.75 inch hail was observed in the town of New Berlin.
Widespread trees and wires down due to thunderstorm winds. Some structural damage was reported from falling trees. A concrete wall was blown down by the wind at a construction site in Elmira. One tree fell on an occupied car with no injuries. Measured gust to 63 MPH at Elmira Airport.
Thunderstorm winds brought trees down. There was also some structural damage to houses from falling trees. Many trees were uprooted at the Corning Country Club where a tree fell onto a tent giving minor injuries to one man. Scoreboards set up for a golf tournament were also damaged. Sheet metal building material was ripped from the canopy of a store.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and wires in a widespread area and some structural damage was reported from falling trees. A lot of wind damage to lightly built out buildings and porches. A portion of a factory roof was blown off on Old Vestal Road in Vestal. A billboard was blown onto Route 17C in Endwell. A portion of a roof was peeled back from the West Windsor Fire Department. 15 feet of roof was torn from a shopping plaza on State Street in Binghamton and some street flooding was also reported. A 14 year old boy sustained minor injuries when he was hit in the back by a falling tree.
Trees and powerlines down from thunderstorm winds. The hardest hit area was from Butternuts through Otego to Unadilla. Homes were damaged by falling trees in Wells Bridge and Oneonta. Dime sized hail was reported in Pittsfield. One road was washed out in New Lisbon.
A lightning strike set a house on fire.
Thunderstorm winds produced wind damage.
Thunderstorm winds brought trees down.
Thunderstorm winds brought trees and wires down. The hardest hit area was along the Route 10 corridor. Dime sized hail was also reported in Walton. 9405 people were left without power.
Large hail accumulated 1 inch deep 5 miles north of Grahamsville. Also trees and wires were down along with some structural damage from thunderstorm winds.
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Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 2000
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: 5147220, 5147530, 5147222, 5148522, 5147219, 5147531, 5147532, 5147221, 5148523, 5147593, 5148250, 5147594, 5148524, 5147592, 5148525.