2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 28, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 220 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001 LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF FRONT MOVING INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST ZONES THIS AFTERNOON. ATMOSPHERE BEHIND THIS LINE STILL MOIST WITH DEWPOINTS POOLING IN THE MID 60S AHEAD OF THE FRONT. OTHER SHOWERS DEVELOPING EAST OF LAKE ERIE WITH THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST. WILL PROBABLY NEED TO INCLUDE A REST OF THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING PERIOD FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN MOST OF OUR ZONES. AFTER FROPA...SKIES CLEAR OUT AND WITH WET GROUND...DENSE VALLEY FOG EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT. VERY NICE COUPLE OF DAYS IN STORE WITH COOL LOWS. DAYTIME HIGHS GENERALLY 70 TO 75 ON WEDNESDAY AND A LITTLE WARMER ON THURSDAY AS MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW TAKES OVER. COOLEST LOWS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH CENTERED OVER NYS. TEMPS IN THE MID 40S MOST AREAS. STAYED CLOSE TO MOS FOR THE MINS BUT WENT A LITTLE HIGHER FOR THE MAX TEMPS. .BGM...NONE. JML
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reports indicate that part of a tree was blown onto power lines by thunderstorm winds.
Emergency management reported damage to trees and a garage caused by thunderstorm winds approximately 3 miles north of Hector. A National Weather Service survey found evidence of a microburst with localized eddy swirling due to layout of property. The free standing one car garage was lifted and moved approximately 4 feet to the southeast of its original location. The damage to the garage indicated estimated wind speeds of 60 to 70 mph. Scattered trees around the property were uprooted mostly in a northwest to southeast orientation. There may have been some local swirling of the wind gust due to the "concave" nature of the property which was a yard cut into a densely forested area. Small branches were down around the property and across the street. The home owner stated she heard a couple rumbles of thunder...then the wind, rain and damage occurred simultaneously (on the front flank of the storm), and lasted a minute or less.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, August 2001
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: 5264033, 5263980.