New York, 2002

Lightning Strike in New York, June 15, 2002

June 15, 2002 · NWS BGM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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 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 Binghamton, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 1:32 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:32 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
232 PM EDT SAT JUN 15 2002

UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER PARTS OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION
THIS AFTERNOON.  AT THE SURFACE, LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER LAKE
HURON, WITH BOUNDARY EXTENDING ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK
THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA.  MAIN AREA OF RAIN HAS MOVED OFF AND
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA.  SOME BREAKS HAVE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S.

GENERALLY TREND IS FOR UPPER LOW TO OPEN UP AS IT MOVES NORTH AND
EAST OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS
THE AREA.  EXPECT CURRENT ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET, THEN
ANOTHER VORTICITY MAXIMUM TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY.  SO
EXPECT REFORMATION OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY.  RAM

.BGM...NONE.

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Onondaga

When
June 15, 5:30 PM EST
Where
Onondaga County, Syracuse
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
43.006, -76.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck the roof and chimney of a three story apartment building. Bricks flew as far as 100 feet. These flying bricks broke building and car windows across the street at Hiawatha Used Cars, bore holes in the roof of another building, and dented the siding of Tucci Furniture across the street. The lightning knocked out a window and partially collapsed a ceiling on the third floor. The seven families in the building had to find somewhere else to stay until the building was repaired.

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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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: 5305308.