6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 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 Jul 1, 1:55 AM EST, 7 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 255 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2001 A FEW SHRA MOVING EWD ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO LINING SOUTHWEST ACROSS LAKE ERIE. OTHER SHRA ACROSS PA HEADING TWDS WYOMING VALLEY. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES NOTED BUT MOST OF THESE HAVE SHOWN WEAKENING TREND WITH TIME. OTHERWISE...MAIN STORY AND FCST PROBLEM FOR TODAY IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT. POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR A STRONG SQUALL LINE/BOW ECHO TODAY. THE FRONT IS PROGGED TO MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN PART OF THE FCST AREA DURING THE THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND REACH NORTHEAST PA TWDS THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. STRONG WIND FIELDS ARE PRESENT IN MODELS AS IS THE UPPER DYNAMICS. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE STATEMENT ISSUED EARLIER HIGHLIGHTING THE THREAT AS WELL AS THE ENHANCED WORDING IN THE ZONES. PARTS OF THE FCST AREA ALONG THE NEW YORK/PENNSYLVANIA BORDER SAW 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN (RADAR ESTIMATES) YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE STORMS THAT TRAINED ACROSS THAT AREA. IF IT LOOKED LIKE TODAY'S STORMS WOULD BE SLOW MOVING OR TRAINING...A FFA MAY HAVE BEEN NEEDED FOR SOME AREAS. BUT THIS DOES NOT LOOK TO BE THE CASE AS THE STRENGTHENING LOW WILL HELP TO BLOW THE FRONT THROUGH PRETTY QUICKLY. ETA QPF ABOUT 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH FOR TODAY. STRONG WINDS LIKELY BIGGER THREAT THAN FLOODING FOR TODAY. WILL SIMPLY KEEP THE MENTION OF STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN ZONES. 850 TEMPS DOWN TO 0 TO -1 BY MONDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY SEE THE COLDER TEMPS MONDAY WITH STRONGER PRESSURE GRADIENT. THE VALLEYS BOTTOM OUT TUESDAY MORNING WITH BETTER RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. RECORD LOWS FOR MON/TUE ARE: BGM 46/49 SYR 45/49 AVP 46/45. POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THESE TO BE BROKEN. WORK ZONES OUT. FINALS AND REFRESHED SPS BEFORE 330 AM. .BGM...NONE. JML
NYZ009-037-036-018-017-016-015-022-024-023-025-055-056-044-045-046- 011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 815 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ONEIDA NY... MADISON NY... ONONDAGA NY... CAYUGA NY... SENECA NY... YATES NY... STEUBEN NY... CHEMUNG NY... SCHUYLER NY... TOMPKINS NY... OTSEGO NY... CHENANGO NY... CORTLAND NY... TIOGA NY... BROOME NY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. ONCE AGAIN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reports indicate a house on Kiwanis Road was struck by lightning. Electrical appliances were damaged but no significant structural damage was reported.
Emergency management reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds 3 miles south of Cato.
Law enforcement reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds in Junius township.
Emergency management reported many trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds.
Emergcney management reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds across the county.
Emergency management reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds across the county.
Emergency management reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds acrss the county.
SKYWARN storm spotters reported 3/4 inch hail.
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, July 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: 5261674, 5261667, 5261668, 5261669, 5261670, 5261671, 5261672, 5261673.