New York, 2001

Damaging Wind in New York, August 19, 2001

August 19, 2001 · NWS BGM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Cold
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 1:10 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
210 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2001

UPR TROF AND ASSCD SFC LOW/CDFNT WILL MAKE SLOW PROGRESS EWD OVER
THE NXT 48 HRS RESULTING IN UNSETTLED CONDITIONS. CONVECTION IS
BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL CVRG AHEAD OF THE FNT
OVER SW NY AND WRN PA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NEWD
INTO WRN ZONES SO WILL GO WITH CAT POPS THERE. FURTHER TO THE EAST
WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY POPS. AM HESITANT TO TIME ANYTHING BUT
BEST CHCS SHUD BE BEFORE MIDNIGHT MOST AREAS. THINK SVR POTNL IS
LIMITED BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR WRN ZONES WHERE MAYBE WE COULD
SEE ISOLD SVR.

UPR LOW DRIFTS TO A PSN OVER LOWER ONTARIO TMRW AS THE CDFNT MOVS
INTO ERN ZONES. DRY SLOT MOVS INTO THE RGN EARLY IN THE DAY BUT
SLIDES EWD. BEST CHC FOR SHRA/TSRA APPEARS TO BE OVER NRN ZONES
CLOSER TO THE UPR TROF. WILL FCST LIKELY POPS THERE WITH DECREASING
CHC POPS AS YOU HEAD INTO NE PA. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHC POPS INTO
TUES AS WRAP-ARND MSTR SLOWLY PULLS THRU THE RGN.

.BGM...NONE.

BRADY

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:50 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Steuben

When
August 19, 2:50 PM EST to 3:10 PM EST
Where
Steuben County, Thurston
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
42.217, -77.267

Emergency management reported trees blown down by thunderstorm winds.

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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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: 5263976.