Thunderstorm Wind, Luzerne
- When
- July 2, 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Luzerne County, Nanticoke
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -76.000
Trees and wires down
Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 2, 2006
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
- $1,000
- 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 Jul 2, 3:00 PM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 3:00 PM EST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 400 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT - TUESDAY)... POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE CONVECTION CONTINUES INTO EARLY EVENING WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 572 IN EFFECT FOR ENTIRE AREA UNTIL 9 PM. MOST WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY ACROSS PA BUT MID LEVEL DESTABILIZATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHICH IS EVIDENT ON WRF MODEL SOUNDINGS AND TAMDAR SHOULD INCREASE COVERAGE OVER NYS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WITH STRONG MID LEVEL WINDS, BIGGEST THREAT CONTINUES TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE BOW ECHOES. BY LATE EVENING CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING AND WEAKENING MID LEVEL WINDS. WITH SFC TROF SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH OVERNIGHT WILL KEEP MENTION FOR SHRA/TSRA OVERNIGHT IN FAR SE. MONDAY...FAST ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WITH MUCH WEAKER SFC TO MID LEVEL WESTERLY FLOW THAN TODAY. MODELS INDICATE A WEAK SHORT WAVE MAY CROSS AREA DURING AFTERNOON. TRIGGER FAIRLY WEAK BUT WITH DIURNAL HEATING AND POSSIBLE SHORT WAVE IN FAST UPPER LEVEL ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH LOW CHC POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH T85 AROUND 15C AND PLENTY OF SS, MOST MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. MONDAY NIGHT...BOTH GFS/WRF INDICATE MORE SHORT WAVES IN CONTINUED FAST UPPER LEVEL FLOW. BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP APPEARS WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT WITH TIMING RATHER DIFFICULT IN THIS REGIME WILL BROAD BRUSH LOW CHC POPS FOR THE ENTIRE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. TUESDAY...BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROF APPROACHES AREA FROM THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. SFC LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO/QUEBEC MAY PUSH A PREFRONTAL TROF THROUGH CWA DURING THE MORNING WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH CHC POPS FOR SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DUE TO SUFFICIENT CAPE AND JET DYNAMICS. && .AVIATION (02/18Z TO 03/18Z)... MAINLY VFR CONDS THRU THE PERIOD WITH BKN CIGS FROM 4-5KFT. SCTD SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SRN TAF SITES INTO THIS EVENING. AFTER SUNSET...CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO SCATTER OUT WITH HIGH CIRRUS EXPECTED MOST LOCATIONS AFTER 01Z. OCNL MVFR VSBYS BTWN 09-12Z WITH BR DEVELOPING. WINDS REMAIN OUT OF THE WSW...GENERALLY 12G18KTS THRU 01Z. THEN BECOME LGT/VRB INTO MORNING HRS. -PB && .LONG RANGE (TUE NIGHT - SUNDAY)... UPPER TROF HANGS BACK TO THE WEST THRU END OF THE WEEK. LO CHC POPS EXIST ON TUE NIGHT INTO WED AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. AS FRONT PASSES...MOST MOISTURE WILL SHUNT EAST OF FA. ALTHOUGH H5 TROF REMAINS WEST IT WILL LIKELY HAVE VERY LITTLE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING INTO WESTERN NY WED NIGHT AND CONTS TO INFLUENCE AREA THRU EXTENDED PD. HAVE SIDED WITH ECMWF/CANADIAN IN QUICKER MOVEMENT OF TROF AXIS AS IT HAS BEEN MOST CONSISTENT. NR NORMAL TEMPS STILL EXPECTED THRU THE PERIOD. -PB && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NY...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT CONKLIN AND WAVERLY. .PA...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT SAYRE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:05 AM EST, 12 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 405 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 NYZ055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072-030815- TIOGA-BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA- NORTHERN WAYNE-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 405 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIVER FLOODING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA WILL END TODAY EVERYWHERE. SEE THE FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE APPROACH OF A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF BECOMING SEVERE. STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE DRIER WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE REST OF WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN ANY AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH. NYZ009-015>018-022>025-036-044>046-030815- NORTHERN ONEIDA-YATES-SENECA-SOUTHERN CAYUGA-ONONDAGA-STEUBEN- SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-MADISON-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO- 405 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE APPROACH OF A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN ANY AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH. NYZ037-030815- SOUTHERN ONEIDA- 405 AM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE MOHAWK AT UTICA IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE APPROACH OF A WEAK SURFACE COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY TO WEDNESDAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN ANY AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:31 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 331 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 PAZ043-047-022030- LUZERNE PA-WYOMING PA- 331 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 ...CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS MOVING TOWARD WYOMING AND LUZERNE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 326 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS COVERED A LARGE PART OF NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL LYCOMING COUNTIES AND NORTHERN SULLIVAN COUNTY AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LOVELTON AT 345 PM EDT... FORKSTON AND KASSON BROOK AT 350 PM EDT... EVANS FALLS AND TUNKHANNOCK AT 355 PM EDT... EATONVILLE AND OSTERHOUT AT 400 PM EDT... FALLS AND LAKE WINOLA AT 405 PM EDT... WALLS CORNERS AND RUGGLES AT 410 PM EDT... SWEET VALLEY AND PIKES CREEK AT 415 PM EDT... SHICKSHINNY AND RANSOM AT 420 PM EDT... FORTY FORT AND KINGSTON AT 425 PM EDT... WILKES BARRE AT 430 PM EDT... THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. NICOSIA
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:38 PM EST, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 338 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 NYZ036-046-022030- MADISON NY-OTSEGO NY- 338 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 * AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIERCEVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HUBBARDSVILLE AND POOLVILLE AT 345 PM EDT... NORTH BROOKFIELD AT 350 PM EDT... BROOKFIELD AND SOUTH BROOKFIELD AT 355 PM EDT... UNADILLA FORKS AND LEONARDSVILLE AT 400 PM EDT... BURLINGTON AT 410 PM EDT... EXETER CENTER AT 415 PM EDT... RICHFIELD SPRINGS AND OAKSVILLE AT 420 PM EDT... COOPERSTOWN AT 425 PM EDT... SPRINGFIELD AND EAST SPRINGFIELD AT 430 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 2:49 PM EST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 349 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 PAZ038-022045- BRADFORD PA- 349 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BRADFORD COUNTY... * AT 345 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GILLETT...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COWLEY AT 355 PM EDT... RIDGEBURY AND BENTLEY CREEK AT 400 PM EDT... WILAWANA AND EAST SMITHFIELD AT 405 PM EDT... SOUTH WAVERLY AT 410 PM EDT... SAYRE AND ATHENS AT 415 PM EDT... LITCHFIELD AT 420 PM EDT... WINDHAM AND ORWELL AT 430 PM EDT... WEST WARREN AT 435 PM EDT... WARREN CENTER AT 440 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW YORK UNTIL 9 PM EDT. NICOSIA
Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:11 PM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
411 PM EDT SUN JUL 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG LEBANON 42.78N 75.63W
07/02/2006 MADISON NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN LEBANON AND HAMILTON
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PBSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 3:11 PM EST, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 411 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 NYZ045-046-022100- CHENANGO NY-OTSEGO NY- 411 PM EDT SUN JUL 2 2006 * AT 402 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLUMBUS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDMESTON AND PITTSFIELD AT 420 PM EDT... BURLINGTON AT 430 PM EDT... EXETER CENTER AT 435 PM EDT... HARTWICK AND OAKSVILLE AT 440 PM EDT... TODDSVILLE AND HYDE PARK AT 450 PM EDT... BOWERSTOWN AND WESTVILLE AT 455 PM EDT... MIDDLEFIELD AND WESTFORD AT 500 PM EDT... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS.
Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:23 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
423 PM EDT SUN JUL 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0350 PM HAIL HAMILTON 42.82N 75.55W
07/02/2006 E0.75 INCH MADISON NY PUBLIC
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PBThe radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:36 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 2, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 2, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 2, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 2006
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, July 2, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 2, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 2, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 2, 2006
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: 5525238.