Thunderstorm Wind, Schuyler
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Schuyler County, Watkins Glen
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.383, -76.867
Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole and brought wires down.
Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, May 7, 2000
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Schuyler
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Schuyler County, Reading Center
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.394, -76.875 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A lightning strike caused a small fire in the woods near CR 27.
Thunderstorm Wind, Schuyler
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Schuyler County, Tyrone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
- Coordinates
- 42.417, -77.067
Thunderstorm winds knocked a tree down on a house at the intersection of SR 226 and CR 22.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 7, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Missouri, May 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 7 to 8, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 7 to 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, May 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 7, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, May 7, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, May 7, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 7, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 2000
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: 5146267, 5146268, 5146269.