5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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, 9:30 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1030 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2001 WILL NOT PLAN ON ANY UPDATES TO FCST THIS MRNG AS ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR A SEVERE WEATHER LAUNCH THIS AFTERNOON...ESP ACROSS NE PA WHERE HTG CONTS TO DESTABILIZE THE AIR MASS. MODIFICATION OF BUF SOUNDING USING SHARP WITH 80/68 YIELDS CAPES OF 3200. ALSO BUF RAOB SHOWS MUCH BETTER WIND FIELD THAN YSTRDY WITH MEAN 0-6KM WIND AROUND 40 KTS. UNIDIRECTIONAL PROFILE MEANS SPLITTING AND MULTICELL STORMS TDY INSTEAD OF SPINNERS. VIL 'O DAY IS ABOUT 45 TO 50. DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH SVR ACTIVITY OVR NRN CWA THIS AFTN THOUGH AS MRNG CONVECTION WILL LAY DOWN A STABLE LYR WITH TOO MUCH CIN TO OVERCOME. ALSO DEBRIS CLDS FROM CONVECTION ACRS WRN NY LIKELY TO PREVENT ADDITIONAL HTG THERE. BEST PLACE FOR SVR STORMS OVR NE PA WHERE UPPER 60S DWPTS AND TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE IN LOW 80S. MAPS LI ANALYSIS ALREADY SHOWS ABT -4 THERE. CpONVECTION ACRS NRN TIER CO OF PA NOW WILL PRODUCE OUTFLOWS TO HELP KICK OFF STORMS IN NE PA TOWARD NOON. .BGM...NONE. RH
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.
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-011800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1045 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK UNTIL 200 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE CONTAINING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE ACROSS NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA WHERE BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS HAVE ALLOWED THE INSTABILITY TO INCREASE. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES MAY BE NEEDED FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. 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. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR P$OSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON. ONCE AGAIN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW YORK.
NYZ057-062-PAZ040-048-047-044-043-039-038-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1136 AM EDT SUN JUL 01 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: DELAWARE NY... SULLIVAN NY... WAYNE PA... PIKE PA... LUZERNE PA... LACKAWANNA PA... WYOMING PA... SUSQUEHANNA PA... BRADFORD 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. TU3NE 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 600 PM EDT.
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:30 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Newspaper reports indicate a barn was struck by lightning and caught on fire. The barn sustained significant damage to its upper level.
Emergcncy management reported a house struck by lightning.
Emergcney management reported trees and wires blown down by thundertsorm winds in Litchfield and Rome townships. Some small hail was also reported.
Emergency management reported trees and wires blwon down by thunderstorm winds.
Emergcny management reported strees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds across the southern portion of the county from Dimock through Harford to Clifford.
Emercgency management reported trees blown down by thunderstorm winds along Route 371.
Local media reported golf ball size hail.
SKYWARN storm spotters reported 3/4 inch diameter hail.
SKYWARN storm spotters and local media reported trees and wires blown down by thunderstorm winds. Small hail was also reported. Minor street flooding was also noted in Wilkes-Barre and West Pittston. More than 7000 people were reported to be without power following the storm. Two houses and vehicle on North Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre recieved severe damage when a large tree was blown down.
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, 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: 5261874, 5261675, 5261676, 5261875, 5261677, 5261678, 5261679, 5261680, 5261873.