Lightning, Clinton
- When
- August 10, 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Peru
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.746, -73.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, August 10, 2005
A cold front across southern Quebec the morning of Wednesday, August 10th moved southeast into northern portions of New York and Vermont during the late Afternoon. This front was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 across southern Quebec the morning of Wednesday, August 10th moved southeast into northern portions of New York and Vermont during the late Afternoon. This front was preceded and accompanied by thunderstorms. A few of the storms were severe, with trees and power lines blown down in Peru, NY. Small hail was also reported in Peru with this storm. Earlier, a lightning strike destroyed a power transformer, with numerous power outages.
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 Aug 10, 1:48 AM EST, 12 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:48 AM EST, 12 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 248 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... ANOTHER HUMID DAY ON TAP FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY AS GULF AIR REMAINS OVER THE REGION...AHEAD OF FRNT. W/ PAST FEW DAYS OF BUILDING INSTABILITY OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY AND CLOSER APPROACH OF FRNT...WILL GO AHEAD AND PUT IN SL CHANCE OF TRW FOR AFTERNOON HRS...CONCENTRATING MAINLY IN N NY. MDLS HAVE WEAKENED/SLOWED THIS FRNT GOING THRU CWA...WITH LATEST MDL RUNS PUSHING FRNT INTO CWA WELL AFT 00Z THUR. HAVE ADJUSTED POPS IN GRIDS TO SHOW FROPA FOR LATER TNGT AND WILL HAVE FRNT CLRING THE REGION BY THURS MORN AROUND 12Z....W/ YET ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MVG EAST TO REPLACE FRNT. ENOUGH LL MOISTURE WILL REMAIN TO PRODUCE FG OR AT LEAST HAVE LOW CLD REMNANTS BEHIND FRNT...BUT WILL BE CONCENTRATED MORE IN VT. HIGH MVS SLOWLY EAST DURING THE DAY FRI...OFF THE EAST COAST...WHICH WILL SET UP REGION FOR NEXT ROUND OF POTENTIAL PRECIP OVER THE WEEKEND. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED PLANNED ATTM. FRIDAY...W/ HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EAST COAST...MDLS HAVE A LOW MVG NORTHEAST OUT OF THE GREAT LKS REGION. THE WARM FRNT WITH THIS SYSTEM DOES NOT LIFT INTO FA UNTIL LATE FRI NGT INTO SATURDAY AND THEN COLD FRNT QUICKLY BEHIND THIS AS SFC LOW IS LIFTED NORTH INTO CANADA ON WK UPPER TROUGH. CURRENT MENTION OF PRECIP FOR THIS LOOKS GD AS BULK OF DYNAMICS W/ LOW SHOULD LIFT NORTH INTO CANADA W/ SFC LOW...AVOIDING BULK OF CWA...BUT SHOWERS ARE GD BET. QUICK BREAK SAT NGT INTO EARLY SUN MORN BFR ANOTHER LOW MVS ACROSS REGION...REPLACED BY HIGH PRESSURE FOR BEGINNING OF FOLLOWING WEEK. && .AVIATION (06Z-06Z)... FCST AVIATION CONCERN THIS MORNING WL BE DEVELOPMENT OF FG. CRNT SAT PIC SHOWS SOME DEBRIS CLOUDS FROM GREAT LAKES CONVECTION APPROACHING OUR WESTERN FA ATTM. ALSO...NOTED WAS A MID LVL DECK DEVELOPING ACRS CENTRAL/NORTHERN VT ATTM. THIS COMBINED WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 8 TO 10 KNTS WL PREVENT FOG FROM DEVELOPING ACRS BTV/MSS TAF SITES. HOWEVER...STILL THINK SOME REDUCE VIS WL OCCUR AT MPV/SLK TOWARD 09Z. WL MENTION TEMPO GROUP OF 1/2SM WITH CIGS BKN001 THRU 13Z THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...AS CONVECTIVE TEMPS ARE REACHED BTWN 16-17Z THIS AFTN...EXPECT SOME CBS TO DEVELOP. SOUNDINGS SUPPORT BASES AROUND 4KFT. WL CONT TO KEEP TAFS DRY ATTM...AS BEST DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE WL STAY NORTH OF FA THRU 06Z THURS. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JN LONG TERM...JN AVIATION...TABER
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 3:41 AM EST, 10 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 441 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-110840- CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT- EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT- EASTERN RUTLAND VT-ESSEX VT-GRAND ISLE VT-LAMOILLE VT- NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-ORANGE VT-ORLEANS VT- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN ADDISON VT- WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY- WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-WESTERN RUTLAND VT-WINDSOR VT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...BETHEL...BRANDON...BURLINGTON... CANAAN...CANTON...DANBY...ESSEX JUNCTION...FAIR HAVEN...MALONE... MASSENA...MIDDLEBURY...MONTPELIER...MORRISVILLE...NEWCOMB... NEWPORT...OGDENSBURG...PLATTSBURGH...POTSDAM...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND... SARANAC LAKE...SOUTH BURLINGTON...SPRINGFIELD...ST. ALBANS... ST. JOHNSBURY...SWANTON...VERGENNES...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... WILLSBORO AND WINOOSKI 441 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY: A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OVER EXTREME NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY: HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 10, 1:51 PM EST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
251 PM EDT WED AUG 10 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0235 PM TSTM WND DMG PLATTSBURGH 44.70N 73.46W
08/10/2005 CLINTON NY PUBLIC
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
&&
MBThe radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- August 10, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, Peru
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.583, -73.533
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 10, 2005
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, August 10, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 10, 2005
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: 5471628, 5471627.