New York, 2002

Damaging Wind in New York, August 14, 2002

August 14, 2002 · NWS BTV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Pulse type thunderstorm resulted in very localized microburst wind damage. Tops of a number of pine trees were snapped off by the wind.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 BTV wrote it up.

Pulse type thunderstorm resulted in very localized microburst wind damage. Tops of a number of pine trees were snapped off by the wind. Small hail was also reported.

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 14, 2:46 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 2:46 PM EST, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
346 PM EDT WED AUG 14 2002

H8 THERMAL RDG OVR AREA TODAY EASES EAST TNGT. TIGHT THERMAL
GRADIENT EVIDENT ACRS CNTRL GRTLKS...BUT ASOCD CDFNT IS VERY SLO TO
MOVE E. LITTLE CHANGE IN AIRMASS THRU SHORT TERM FORECAST PERIOD.
WITH MORE CLDS ON THURS AND FRI...IT SHUD NOT BE AS HOT AS TODAY.
CNVTN NOTED IN SRN CANADA...BUT BULK SHUD STAY TO OUR N. MAY INDC
20 PCT SLIGHT CHC EVE TSTM.

AREA OF TSTMS HAVE DVLPD IN FAVORABLE OROGRAPHICAL AREA OF NE
NY. ALSO CLOUD BNDRY HELPED INITIATE CNVTN. ANOTHER BATCH OF
TSTMS VCNTY OF ALB CUD IMPACT SRN VT ERLY TNGT. OVERNGT WL GO PTLY
CLDY AND MUGGY...WITH CHC TSTM FIRST PART OF NITE IN ADIRONDACKS AND
ST LAW VLY (30 PCT) AND SLIGHT CHC (20 PCT) ELSW ERLY TNGT...AS WK
VORT EXITS. TEMPS WL BE LOW 70S CHAMP VLY AND 65-70 ELSW. WL
INCLUDE PTCHY FG IN FAVORABLE AREAS.

ANOTHER WK VORT MOVS ACRS AREA THURS NIGHT AND FRI MRNG. THUS WL
INTRODUCE LATE AFTN TSTMS THURS...CONTINUING OVRNGT THURS. MODELS
SEEM TO HAVE LATCHED ON TO A WEAK PRE-FRONTAL TROF...WITH CDFNT
RMNG BACK IN CANADA. FOR FRI...APRS THAT AN ELONGATED AREA OF PVA WL
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOS ENOUGH FOR 30 PCT CHC AFTN SHR/TSTM...WITH BULK
OF ENERGY RMNG IN CANADA. INITIAL CDFNT BCMS DIFFUSE OR WASHES OUT.

RMNTS OF CDFNT SLOLY EASES DOWN FRI NGT ACRS NRN HALF OF AREA BUT
RMNS DIFFUSE. MAIN IMPACT WL BE TO DRY THINGS OUT A BIT...BUT
SHUD RMN WARM SAT BUT NO PCPN.

WORK ZONES OUT.

.BTV...NONE.

SFH

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When
August 14, 3:00 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
Where
Franklin County, Owls Head
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
44.733, -74.167

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.

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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: 5312662.