Thunderstorm Wind, Chenango
- When
- August 29, 6:26 PM EST to 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Chenango County, Greene
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.333, -75.767
Trees and wires downed.
Damaging Wind in New York, August 29, 2003
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
- $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 Aug 29, 1:13 PM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 1:13 PM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 142 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH NY/PA OVERNIGHT. ATMOSPHERE TO REMAIN A BIT UNSTABLE TONIGHT AND BEST DYNAMICS WITH UL JET WILL SKIRT NORTHERN NY. WILL CONTINUE SCATTERED THUNDER FOR MOST ZONES. COLD FRONT TO STALL OVER NEXT 24H AND BECOME STATIONARY. SIG POLAR PUSH BEHIND FRONT BRINGS 0C 850 ISOTHERM INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO. TEMP GRADIENT WILL LAY ACROSS FA SATURDAY. THERE IS SOME LIFT OVER FINGER LAKES AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY WITH ELONGATED VORTICITY HANGING OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO. COMBINED WITH 1000-850MB LAPSE RATES OF 5C TO 6C AND WIND FLOW OFF OF LAKE ONTARIO...CANNOT RULE OUT AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN FA. AT THE VERY LEAST WOULD EXPECT A FAIR AMT OF CU TO FIRE WITH ANY HEATING. INFLUENCE OF HIGH CREATES SOME CLEARING EARLY SAT NIGHT. COOL BL TEMPS SHOULD LEAD TO A COOL OVERNIGHT. LOOKS LIKE A GENERAL 44 TO 49 RANGE WITH READINGS DOWN NEAR 40 IN RURAL VALLEYS. DISAGREEMENT AMONG MODELS STARTS IN ERNEST SUNDAY. GFS SPREADS CLOUDS AND PRECIP BACK IN SUNDAY AS NEXT WAVE ROTATES OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARD PA UP ALONG STATIONARY FRONT. ETA ON THE OTHER HAND KEEPS INFLUENCE OF HIGH IN CONTROL. OMEGA LIFT LOOKS OVERDONE BASED ON WEAK ELONGATED VORTICITY AREA AND FRONT PUSHING SOUTH OF HIGH. LEANING TOWARD ETA SOLN ATTM. EXTENDED FORECAST (SUN NIGHT - FRI) FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL OVER SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA WITH BEST H85 BAROCLINIC ZONE OVER CENTRAL/NRN PENNSYLVANIA. WITH SEVERAL SHORT WAVES MOVING ACROSS AREA IN UPPER LEVEL SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL GO WITH CHC POPS NE PA SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL ZONES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY INCLUDED CHC POPS ACROSS ENTIRE CWA AS INCREASING TROPICAL MOISTURE MAY ADVECT INTO THE REGION FROM THE GULF COAST STATES. FOR NOW FRIDAY LOOKS DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. AVIATION... MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING DUE TO CEILINGS AND HAZE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS DUE TO VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. OVERNIGHT CEILINGS AND AREAS OF FOG WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS. BY MID MORNING SATURDAY VFR CONDITIONS ALL LOCATIONS. PADAVONA...PUBLIC RRM...AVIATION/EXTENDED .BGM...SVR TSTRM WATCH 15Z-20Z NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044-045-055-056
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 3:45 AM EST, 14 hours 41 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043- 044-047-048-072-291045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 445 AM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH WESTERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON, WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF IT IN CENTRAL NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA, WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...SO URBAN/SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:37 PM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-037-044>046-055>057-300100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 337 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES... BROOME...CAYUGA...CHEMUNG...CHENANGO...CORTLAND...DELAWARE... MADISON...ONEIDA...ONONDAGA...OTSEGO...SCHUYLER...SENECA...STEUBEN... TIOGA...TOMPKINS AND YATES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCES DAMAGING WINDS GREATER THAN 57 MPH AND/OR LARGE HAIL THREE-QUARTER INCH OR GREATER. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. 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.WEATHER.GOV. MUNDSCHENK
Local storm report, Aug 29, 4:10 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
510 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM PLYMOUTH NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.
TREES AND POWERLINES
DOWN.REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0430 PM MCCLAIN NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 TOMPKINS TREES DOWN ON WIRES AND A
HOUSES. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
MSESpecial weather statement, Aug 29, 4:56 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
NYZ022>025-045-055-056-PAZ038-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 556 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING INTO THE AREA... AT 552 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM ODESSA TO 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORNING...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WEST ELMIRA AND ELMIRA AT 615 PM. CHEMUNG AT 640 PM. SAYRE AND WAVERLY AT 645 PM. ATHENS AND OWEGO AT 650 PM. ENDICOTT AT 700 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. JFC
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 5:34 PM EST, 52 minutes before
NYZ057-292315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 634 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL MOVING INTO NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY... AT 631 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS NEAR ONEONTA....OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTH OF NORTH FRANKLIN....MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... DAVENPORT AND KORTRIGHT AT 700 PM. HOBART AT 715 PM. EXPECT A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. JFC
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 5:40 PM EST, 46 minutes before
NYZ024-045-046-055-056-PAZ038-292330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 640 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK AND THE NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA... AT 636 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM NORWICH TO 22 MILES WEST OF CHEMUNG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... NORWICH AT 650 PM. CHEMUNG AT 655 PM. WAVERLY AT 700 PM. SAYRE AND OWEGO AT 705 PM. ATHENS AT 715 PM. JOHNSON CITY... ENDICOTT AND THE BINGHAMTON AREA AROUND 730 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. JFC
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 6:25 PM EST, 1 minute before
NYZ045-046-055-056-PAZ038-039-300030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 725 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 ...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA... AT 721 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM NORWICH TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF OWEGO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ENDICOTT...JOHNSON CITY AND NEAR BINGHAMTON AT 730 PM. NEAR MONTROSE AT 745. ONEONTA AT 800 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV. JFC
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:26 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
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 29, 2003
- Tornado in New York, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 29, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, August 29, 2003
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 29, 2003
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 29, 2003
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 29 to 30, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Kansas, August 29 to 30, 2003
- Damaging Wind in New York, August 29, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Utah, August 29, 2003
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: 5333730.