Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- June 27, 3:15 PM EST to 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Ellenburg Depot
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind in New York, June 27, 2002
A cold front approached the region during the late afternoon from Canada. Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours, with a few approaching severe limits.
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
- 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 cold front approached the region during the late afternoon from Canada. Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours, with a few approaching severe limits. Small hail and gusty winds were reported in Ellenburg Depot, NY.
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 Jun 27, 1:00 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:00 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 200 PM EDT THU JUN 27 2002 CD FNT ACRS ONT WL MV ACRS FA TNT. TSTMS DVLPG AHD OF FNT MAINLY OUT OF FA ATTM BUT WE WILL SEE OUR SHARE LTR THIS AFTN AND EVE. WL MAINTAIN FLOOD WATCH FOR TNT. SOME SHWRS MAY LINGER INTO ERLY MRNG THEN SKIES WL CLR. AN EXCELLENT BUT INCRSGLY WRM WEEKEND AHEAD MAY LEAD TO A HEAT WAVE THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEK (AND MAYBE LONGER). WITH ENUF HEAT AND SOME MSTR ARND WL CALL FOR AFTN SHWRS/TSTMS TUE-THURS. .BTV...FLOOD WATCH THRU TNGT VTZ002>012-NYZ028-031-034-035. MCGILL
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:13 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
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Indiana, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 27, 2002
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 27, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 27, 2002
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 27, 2002
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 27, 2002
More
Every storm in New York in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 2002
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: 5306472.