Thunderstorm Wind, Oneida
- When
- May 31, 11:10 AM EST
- Where
- Oneida County, Utica
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -75.250
60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
Damaging Wind in New York, May 31, 2002
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 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 31, 7:50 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 7:50 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 850 AM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 SENT A QUICK UPDATE TO ADJUST TIMING OF PRECIPITATION FOR WEST AND CENTRAL ZONES. PRE-FRONTAL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING QUICKLY EAST AND WILL ENTER WEST ZONES IN NEXT HOUR OR SO. .BGM...NONE. JML
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 31, 10:30 AM EST, 40 minutes before
NYZ005-009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040- 043-044-047-048-312115- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1130 AM EDT FRI MAY 31 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION REMAINS MOIST AND UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENTUALLY ORGANIZE INTO A LINE AS THE FRONT PASSES. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE FROM THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST WINDS. SOME AREAS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA REMAIN SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA SINCE MONDAY. THE STORMS THAT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SO FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/BGM.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 31, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, May 31, 2002
- Tornado in New York, May 31, 2002
- Rip Current in North Carolina, May 31, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 31, 2002
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in New Hampshire, May 31, 2002
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maine, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in California, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 31, 2002
- Hail in Iowa, May 31, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 31, 2002
More
Every storm in New York in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5299423.