1 lightning, 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 Aug 31, 6:18 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 718 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001 UPDATED ZONES TO TAKE OUT SEVERE TSTORM WATCH AND TAKE OUT MENTION OF PRECIP IN THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD...SINCE THE FRONT WILL BE THROUGH ERN ZONES AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. .BGM...NONE. VAN AUSDALL
NYZ009-037-036-018-017-016-023-025-044-045-057-046-056-055-024- PAZ038-039-NYZ062-PAZ048-040-044-043-047-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 247 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: ONEIDA NY... MADISON NY... ONONDAGA NY... CAYUGA NY... SENECA NY... SCHUYLER NY... TOMPKINS NY... CORTLAND NY... CHENANGO NY... DELAWARE NY... OTSEGO NY... BROOME NY... TIOGA NY... CHEMUNG NY... BRADFORD PA... SUSQUEHANNA PA... SULLIVAN NY... PIKE PA... WAYNE PA... LACKAWANNA PA... WYOMING PA... LUZERNE PA... 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 900 PM EDT. MJ
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
703 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 PM AURELIUS NY WIND DAMAGE
08/31/01 CAYUGA WIRES DOWN REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
0535 PM 1 W ROME NY .75 INCH HAIL
08/31/01 ONEIDA REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
0540 PM ROME NY WIND DAMAGE
08/31/01 ONEIDA WIRES DOWN REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER
RHSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 725 PM EDT FRI AUG 31 2001 NYC007-011-015-017-023-025-053-065-067-077-097-105-107-109-PAC015- 069-079-103-115-127-131-010021- THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 705 FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED IN THIS AREA. IN CENTRAL NEW YORK: BROOME CAYUGA CHEMUNG CHENANGO CORTLAND DELAWARE MADISON ONEIDA ONONDAGA OTSEGO SCHUYLER SULLIVAN TIOGA TOMPKINS IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA: BRADFORD LACKAWANNA LUZERNE PIKE SUSQUEHANNA WAYNE WYOMING VAN AUSDALL
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reports indicate nine cows huddling under a tree for protection from a thunderstorm were struck by lightning and killed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, 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: 5264127.