Thunderstorm Wind, Allegany
- When
- June 21, 11:15 PM EST
- Where
- Allegany County, Belfast
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.333, -78.117
Damaging Wind in New York, June 21, 2001
An isolated thunderstorm crossed Allegany county during the early morning hours. Several trees and power lines fell.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS BUF wrote it up.
An isolated thunderstorm crossed Allegany county during the early morning hours. Several trees and power lines fell. One tree tipped over a pop-up camper. The teenage girl sleeping inside suffered minor injuries. Another tree which fell nearby caused structural damage to the wall of a house.
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 Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 9:03 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 9:03 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1003 PM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 HAVE HAD REPORTS OF FLOODING IN JAMESTOWN AREA THIS EVENING. WITH MORE ACTIVITY OVER NW PA WILL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER INCLUDING WYOMING COUNTY. RADAR WAS DOWN FOR MUCH OF THE AFTN BUT IS NOW BACK UP AN OPERATING. HRLY RAINFALL RATES ON RADAR OF 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR OR MORE OVR PTNS OF CHAU/CATT CNTYS THIS EVE. JUST MASDE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO FIRST PERIOD OF FCST ADDING RAIN HVY AT TIMES TO WESTERN ZNS. .BUF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR NYZ012-019>021. PACE
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 21, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 21 to 22, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, June 21, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2001
More
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 2001
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: 5252355.