Thunderstorm Wind, Ontario
- When
- July 22, 2:58 PM EST
- Where
- Ontario County, Victor
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $45,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.983, -77.400
Damaging Winds in New York, July 22, 2002
Thunderstorms moves across the area during the afternoon and evening hours. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $170,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
Thunderstorms moves across the area during the afternoon and evening hours. The thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines. Scattered telephone and power outages were reported. In Victor, a tree came down on a car. One person was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
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 Jul 22, 11:48 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 11:48 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1248 PM EDT MON JUL 22 2002 AN ACTIVE AFTERNOON IS UNDERWAY ACROSS WRN NEW YORK AS TRWS HAVE FIRED UP ALONG THE LK ERIE BREEZE. CAPE VALUES ABV 3000 J/KG COMBINED WITH RICH MOISTURE (PWS OF +2) WILL RESULT IN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. VIL DE JOURS PREVIOUSLY FIGURED TO BE IN THE MID 50S FOR SEVERE (3/4) HAIL. MODELS (ETA/AVN) VARY SOMEWHAT IN THEIR HANDLING OF FROPA LATE TONIGHT...AS THE ETA SHOWS TWO FRONTS COMING THROUGH. THE FIRST FRONT IS TIMED TO MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 3 AND 6Z WITH WEAKENING OMEGA FIELDS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. IT THEN BRINGS A SECONDARY FRONT...WITH THE TRUE PUSH OF COOLER AND DRIER AIR ARND 12Z. THE AVN IS SIMPLER IN ITS TAKE ON THE SITUATION BY BRINGING THROUGH ONE FRONT ARND 12Z. IN EITHER CASE...EXPECT TWO ROUNDS OF TRWS WITHIN THE CWA. THE FIRST ROUND THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL CONTAIN THE STRONGEST STORMS... AND WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG THE LAKE BREEZE BOUNDAIRES. CAPES ABOVE 2000 J/KG THROUGH 00Z SHOULD KEEP THE THREAT FOR SMALL HAIL AND RAIN LOADED DOWNBURST WINDS A POSSIBILITY. AS THE FRONT NEARS THE REGION LATE TONIGHT...THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS WILL DEVELOP. MODELS AGAIN VARY ON LIFT AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WITH THE FRONT...WITH THE ETA BEING THE WEAKER OF THE 2. TRW THAT DO FORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS (PWS ARND 2.25). AS MENTIONED....THE TRUE COOLING WITH LOWER TDS WILL BE WELL BEHIND THE FRONT. A NEW FEEL TO THE AIRMASS WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NOTICED UNTIL MIDMORNING TUESDAY WHEN TDS WILL TUMBLE THROUGH 60S. BOTH MODELS AGREE THAT TDS WILL BE IN UPPER 50S BY SUNSET TUESDAY EVENING. EXPANSIVE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SUPPLY US WITH A BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF COMFORTABLE WX THROUGH THURSDAY WITH LOW TDS AND TEMPS AVERAGING BLO SEASONAL NORMALS. BUF...NONE. RSH
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
Event by event
10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 22, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Palmyra
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -77.233
Thunderstorm Wind, Ontario
- When
- July 22, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Ontario County, Naples
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.617, -77.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- July 22, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua County, Kiantone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.017, -79.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 22, 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Sackets Harbor
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -76.117
Thunderstorm Wind, Oswego
- When
- July 22, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Oswego County, Pulaski
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.567, -76.133
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 22, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Black River
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.017, -75.783
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 22, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, North Wilna
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -75.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis
- When
- July 22, 5:40 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, Castorland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.883, -75.517
Thunderstorm Wind, Lewis
- When
- July 22, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, Croghan
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.883, -75.383
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
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 22, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 22, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, July 22, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, July 22, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 22, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 22, 2002
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 22, 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: 5311375, 5311376, 5311377, 5311378, 5311379, 5311380, 5311381, 5309906, 5310055, 5310056.