Damaging Wind in New York, May 28, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in New York, May 28, 2002
Start: 2002-05-28T12:40
End: 2002-05-28T12:40
Location: New York

May 28, 2002 · NWS BGM · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 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 May 28, 9:45 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 9:45 AM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1045 AM EDT TUE MAY 28 2002

UPDATE THIS MRNG TO REMOVE TIMING ON TSTMS IN THE CNTRL ZONES AND
CLEAN UP OTR WRDG. ALSO...ISSUED A MULTI COUNTY ADVISORY FOR URBAN
AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. SLOW MVG TSTMS DROPPING VERY HEAVY RAINS
OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. SAME SCENARIO CAUSED PRBLMS OVRNGT IN
STEUBEN COUNTY AND THE WRN CATS. META SHOWS THE OLD FNTL BNDRY
HANGING OVER THE SAME AREAS MUCH OF THE DAY...BEFORE FNLY LFTG NWRD
TNGT. THIS SHD CONT TO FOCUS CONV OVER THE THIS AFNT.

NO OTR CHGS ATTM.

.BGM...NONE.

MORFORD

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan

When: May 28, 12:40 PM EST
Where: Sullivan County, Fallsburgh
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.733, -74.617

Trees down from strong thunderstorm winds.

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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New York in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, May 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: 5299328.