A very energetic mid-atmospheric disturbance moved across the Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening of June 10th. This developed a surface low along a cold front, which moved across northern New York during the afternoon.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A very energetic mid-atmospheric disturbance moved across the Great Lakes during the afternoon and evening of June 10th. This developed a surface low along a cold front, which moved across northern New York during the afternoon. These features moved across a very warm, humid and unstable airmass draped across New York that resulted in two rounds of widespread severe thunderstorms.
The first round moved across northern New York during the early afternoon hours and the second round occurred during the early evening.
In northern New York (Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties)...hundreds to thousands of trees were damaged, downed or uprooted which caused downed power lines, fires and structural damage to buildings and vehicles. Tens of thousands of customers lost power due to the storms, with some outages that lasted several days. Some communities affected included Potsdam, Parishville and Colton (St. Lawrence county), Moira, Malone and Vermontville (Franklin county), Peru, Plattsburgh and Ellenburg (Clinton county) as well as Wilmington, Westport and Jay (Essex county).
Several fallen trees resulted in injuries and one death resulted from a motorcyclist driving into a downed tree across the road in Wilmington (Essex county).
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 Jun 10, 9:39 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1018 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-111430- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 1018 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 499 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK FOR TODAY. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1031 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-102200- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 1031 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...UNTIL 6PM THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH AND CROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. WITH HOT AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE REGION...CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR MANY OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. JMG
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1046 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-101645- NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN CLINTON-WESTERN CLINTON-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- INCLUDING...CANTON...MALONE...MASSENA...NEWCOMB...OGDENSBURG... PLATTSBURGH...POTSDAM AND SARANAC LAKE 1046 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT... AT 1042 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN NEW YORK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 48 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE REACHING SOUTHWESTERN SAINT LAWRENCE COUNTY BY SHORTLY AFTER NOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS WHICH ARE DOWNING TREES AND POWER LINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH OR HIGHER MAY ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. JAN
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:37 UTC.
23 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous and widespread reports of large trees downed on power lines and houses.
Numerous and widespread reports of trees downed by thunderstorm winds on power lines and vehicles.
More than a dozen trees reported downed by thunderstorm winds.
Measured 58 mph wind gust from AWOS. Also numerous reports of fallen trees and power lines.
Thunderstorms winds downed numerous trees and power lines across Potsdam/Colton/Parishville/Hopkinton vicinity. Roads throughout Parishville blocked by downed trees and power lines, including a tree that fell and severely damaged a home.
Numerous trees downed by thunderstorm winds on power lines, vehicles and houses throughout Moria, including Route 5.
Numerous trees down across Saranac Lake vicinity along Route 3 between|Saranac Village and Tupper Lake.
Estimated wind gust of 59 mph from Cooperative observer, as well as trees reported down.
Numerous and widespread trees downed between Malone and Westfield with Routes 5 and 8 closed due to blocked roads and power lines.
Trees and power lines down across Route 190 and forced road closure near Ellenburg.
Numerous trees and power lines downed by thunderstorm winds in Beekmantown, north Plattsburgh and Chazy area.
Several trees snapped or downed by thunderstorm winds, along with power lines that have blocked several roads.
Trees reported down across Altona.
Numerous one foot diameter trees down.
Numerous trees down across Plattsburgh, that have fallen onto power lines and some structures.
Trees downed throughout Westport, including Main Street near the County Fairgrounds. Trees and power lines down along Route 9N/22.
Widespread trees and powerlines down from Wanakena to Tupper Lake along Route 3. Some structures, including camps were heavily damaged.
Estimated wind gusts to 80 mph with numerous trees and power lines downed.
Estimated golf ball size hail reported by State Police.
Trees and power lines downed by thunderstorms winds in Saranac Village.
Trees downed by thunderstorms winds in Wilmington, including Route 86 and Springfield road. Motorcyclist hit fallen tree on road and died from his injuries.
Numerous trees down across and along Route 9N between Jay and Upper Jay.
Numerous trees down across Peru, including fallen onto a house that injured two people. Barn roof torn off by high winds as well.
Numerous trees and power lines down across Port Douglas Road and throughout Keeseville.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Essex | 2008-06-10 | 51 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 2008
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: 121816, 121817, 121882, 121855, 123441, 121818, 121883, 121866, 121825, 121880, 121884, 121885, 121886, 121887, 121889, 121879, 121894, 121899, 121881, 121827, 121834, 121843, 121877, 121878.