Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- August 13, 1:15 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Peru
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind in New York, August 13, 2002
A warm and humid airmass resulted in scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Small hail and heavy rainfall was reported in the town of Peru.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
A warm and humid airmass resulted in scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Small hail and heavy rainfall was reported in the town of Peru. Related to the thunderstorm, the temperature dropped 18 degrees in about 20 minutes.
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 13, 1:53 AM EST, 11 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 1:53 AM EST, 11 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 253 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2002 SFC RIDGE TO REMAIN ACRS THE EAST COAST TODAY...AS A CF MOVES SLOWLY ACRS THE GREAT LKS REGION. THIS CF TO CONT TO MOVE ACRS THE GREAT LKS REGION TONITE THRU WED NITE...THEN INTO THE FA FROM THE WEST ON THU THRU FRI (AS IT WEAKENS WITH TIME). SHORT WAVE TO RIDE UP ACRS THE FA FROM THE SW TODAY AND EARLY TONITE. 00-03Z 20KM DEVELOPMENT RUC SHOWS TEMPS TO GET UP TO AROUND 80F TO THE L90S TODAY WITH W-SW SFC WINDS AT 5-15 KTS. T1MAX TEMPS ARE IN THE L-M90S TODAY. THESE RANGES LOOK LIKE A DECENT IDEA FOR MOST ZONES TODAY. RUC SHOWS SOME CONVECTION TO GET GOING ACRS THE FA BY AROUND 18Z. WK H85 CAA TO TAKE PLACE ACRS THE FA FOR MUCH OF TODAY...FOLLOWED BY WAA FOR LATE TODAY...TONITE...AND MUCH OF WED. MORE CAA FOR WED NITE AND THU. LOW-LVL MSTR ADVECTION TO TAKE PLACE ACRS THE FA FOR MUCH OF TODAY AND WED AND AGAIN LATE ON WED NITE AND INTO THU. SOME LOW-LVL MSTR TO AFFECT THE FA TODAY AND ON WED...WITH LOW-LVLS BASICALLY DRY ACRS THE FA TONITE. MORE LOW-LVL MSTR TO MOVE IN ACRS THE FA FROM THE WEST BY LATE ON WED NITE THRU FRI. LOW-LVL LAPSE RATES TO BE HI TODAY/EARLY TONITE AND ON WED ACRS THE FA. MID-LVL LAPSE RATES TO BE HI ACRS THE FA TODAY THRU WED. SOME MID-LVL MSTR TO AFFECT THE FA TODAY THRU WED AND AGAIN LATE ON WED NITE AND INTO THU. CAPES ACRS THE FA TO BE AOB 1500 J/KG TODAY...AOB 800 J/KG TONITE... BLO 2000 J/KG ON WED AND THU...BLO 1000 J/KG ON WED NITE/THU NITE/FRI. PW VALUES LOOK TO BE 1-1.5 ACRS THE FA TODAY THRU WED NITE (THIS CONFIRMED BY BARTLETT NH FSL GPS IPW SITE). PW VALUES APPEAR TO BE 1.5-2 WITH CF. IR SAT PIX SHOW SOME CLDS MOVING EASTWARD ACRS THE FA ATTM. BUFCAN/88D MOSAIC SHOWS SOME CONVECTION MOVING INTO WRN NY STATE ATTM. NOTED FA IN SPC GEN TSTM OUTLOOK FOR TODAY/TONITE. ENVIRONMENT ACRS THE FA APPEARS TO BE WEAKLY TO MODERATELY SHEARED AGAIN TODAY WITH WET-BULB ZERO HTS AROUND AROUND 11.0 KFT AND DECENT INSTABILITY/PW VALUES/MID-LVL DRY AIR (EARLY TODAY AT LEAST) AND LAPSE RATES. S/W SHOULD TRIGGER CONVECTION ACRS THE FA BY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SVR WX SIGNATURE NOT ESPECIALLY STRONG FOR PULSE SVR STORMS ATTM. WILL MERELY HANG ONTO CHC POPS ACRS THE FA TODAY AND INTO TONITE FOR NOW. SOME STRAY SHRA/TSRA MAY MAKE IT INTO THE FA FROM THE WEST BY LATER ON WED AND INTO WED NITE...SO WILL HANG ONTO CHC POPS THEN FOR CONTINUITY SAKE. IF CONVECTION DOES NOT OCCUR ON WED...TEMPS WILL MOST LIKELY BE WARMER THAN ADVERTISED AS T1MAX TEMPS ARE IN THE 90S THEN. T1MIN TEMPS ARE MOSTLY IN THE 60S OVER THE NEXT TWO NITES. BETTER CHC FOR CONVECTION ON THU THRU FRI WITH SOME KIND OF CFROPA EXPECTED THEN. NO CHANGES TO SAT THRU MON FCST FOR NOW. WRK ZONES OUT UNDER ALBWRKCWF. FINAL ZFP BY 4 AM. .BTV...NONE. MURRAY
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:15 UTC.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 13 to 14, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 13, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 13, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, August 13 to 14, 2002
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 13, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 13, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 13, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 13, 2002
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, August 13, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 13, 2002
- Tornado and Flooding in Wisconsin, August 13, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 13, 2002
More
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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: 5312661.