Showers and thunderstorms developed across the region in a warm, humid air mass during the afternoon hours as a cold front approached from the west. Several of the thunderstorms produced strong, damaging winds.
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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 BUF wrote it up.
Showers and thunderstorms developed across the region in a warm, humid air mass during the afternoon hours as a cold front approached from the west. Several of the thunderstorms produced strong, damaging winds. Damage was mainly reported as downed trees and wires however there were limited reports of structural damage in Fulton. In Phelps, a large tree was downed by the strong winds. The main base of the tree was reported to be eight to nine feet in diameter. One of the two main branches of the tree, about four feet in diameter and originally about fifteen feet off the ground, fell onto a car driving by. The tree fell directly across the front seat of the vehicle. Both persons in the car were crushed. Pronounced dead at the scene were the driver, a 34-year-old male, and his 28-year-old wife.
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 Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 24, 2:54 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
354 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES AND INTO
QUEBEC PROVINCE TONIGHT. ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL BRING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT
FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE AND FAIR WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
CONVECTION DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER WESTERN NEW YORK AND POINTS SOUTH
AND WEST. EXPECT CONVECTION TO SPREAD INTO FINGER LAKES AND NORTH
COUNTRY 22Z-02Z.
WITH PWATS APPROACHING 2.00 INCHES TODAY...MODEST INSTABILITY
(BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOWING 500-1000 J/KG) AND A DEEP WARM LAYER (WBZ
NEAR 12K)...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE PRIMED FOR HEAVY RAIN WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORMS. HAVE MEDIUM CONFIDENCE THAT CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON
INTO EARLY TONIGHT COULD POTENTIALLY PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR...ESPECIALLY IF CONVECTIVE LINES ORIENT THEMSELVES
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WHICH WILL RESULT IN PERSISTENT
DOWNPOURS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN NEW YORK
COUNTIES ALONG AN WEST OF THE GENESEE RIVER UNTIL 04Z WED. THIS
INCLUDES BUFFALO...ROCHESTER...JAMESTOWN...AND NIAGARA FALLS.
ADDITIONALLY...A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING MAY PRODUCE
SOME GUSTY WINDS...ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS POSSIBLE.
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE FRONT THAT WILL BE SLOWLY MOVING
SOUTHESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA. PWATS AROUND 2 INCHES AND CONTINUED
INSTABILITY MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL
ESPECIALLY EAST OF GENESEE VALLEY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKING ALONG A COLD FRONT
STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK WILL SHIFT EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND.
THIS WILL BE STEERED ALONG BY A SHARP MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE SHIFTING
EAST ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. MOST OF THE SYNOPTIC MOISTURE AND
FORCING WILL ALSO SHIFT EAST WITH THE SURFACE WAVE AS A DRIER
NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. THIS SHOULD BRING AN
END TO THE LARGE MAJORITY OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS
CENTRAL NEW YORK WITH THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA LARGELY DRY BY
EARLY THURSDAY.
MODEL MOISTURE PROFILES SHOW PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
LINGER BEHIND THE FRONT SO CLOUDY SKIES WILL LINGER THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND MUCH OF THURSDAY. THE UPSLOPE FLOW OFF THE LAKES
MAY EVEN ALLOW FOR SOME STRAY SPRINKLES OR LIGHT SHOWER ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN ON THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER
NEW YORK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK KEEPING DRY CONDITIONS WITH A
MUCH BETTER OPPORTUNITY FOR SUNSHINE BY FRIDAY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL
ALSO BE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE AS DEWPOINTS DROP FROM THE MID 60S
WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO MID 50S BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SURFACE TEMPS WILL
AVERAGE NEAR SEASONABLE LEVELS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S
AND LOWS FALLING DOWN TO THE MID 50S TO AROUND 60 AT NIGHT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND ON SATURDAY
WILL SETTLE SOUTH OFF THE EAST COAST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SOUTHERLY
FLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SURFACE HIGH WILL SEND WARMTH AND
HUMIDITY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTHWARD WHILE AN IMPRESSIVE 588DM
RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES. EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO REACH 10 OR MORE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE
LONG TERM PERIOD WITH THE ADDED EFFECTS OF HIGH HUMIDITY PUSHING
HEAT INDEX READINGS INTO THE MID 90S IN SPOTS. THE COMBINATION OF
THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE AN ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY...MONDAY AND
ESPECIALLY POSSIBLE TUESDAY WHERE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE SHOWS THE
POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE TO DRIVE CONVECTION ACROSS OUR
REGION.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CONVECTION DEVELOPING OVER WESTERN NEW YORK AND POINTS SOUTH AND
WEST. MAX TOPS WILL EXCEED FL400. CONVECTION WILL SPREAD INTO FINGER
LAKES AND NORTH COUNTRY 22Z-02Z. ADDITIONAL CONVECTION WILL FORM
ALONG AND AHEAD OF SURFACE FRONT OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
OUTLOOK...
WENESDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.
&&
.MARINE...
IT WILL BE UNSETTLED DURING THE NEXT 36 HOURS AS THEIR WILL BE THE
RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. MARINERS SHOULD THUS BE ALERT FOR SPECIAL
MARINE WARNINGS THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
MODERATE SOUTHERLIES WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES THIS
AFTERNOON WITH THE OFFSHORE FLOW PUSHING THE HIGHEST WAVES INTO
CANADIAN WATERS. AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES TONIGHT...WINDS WILL
VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST WHILE WAVES WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT
CRITERIA.
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL STALL JUST TO THE SOUTH OF LAKES ERIE AND
ONTARIO ON WEDNESDAY...SO UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN
PLACE ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT.
FAIR WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES FOR THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY.
&&
.BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR NYZ001>003-
010>013-019>021-085.
MARINE...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...FRANKLIN
NEAR TERM...FRANKLIN
SHORT TERM...SMITH
LONG TERM...SMITH
AVIATION...FRANKLIN
MARINE...FRANKLINHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1141 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 NYZ004>008-014-251545- WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-ONTARIO- 1141 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WITHIN A MOISTURE RICH AIRMASS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS AND AT SITES WITH POOR DRAINAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SULTRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FEED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...KEEPING THE RISK IN PLACE FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR FLOOD RELATED ISSUES WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF LEZ020-040-041-LOZ030-042>045-062>065-SLZ022-024-251545- UPPER NIAGARA RIVER AND BUFFALO HARBOR- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO DUNKIRK- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM DUNKIRK TO BUFFALO- LOWER NIAGARA RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM THE NIAGARA RIVER TO HAMLIN BEACH- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM HAMLIN BEACH TO SODUS BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM SODUS BAY TO MEXICO BAY- LAKE ONTARIO OPEN WATERS FROM MEXICO BAY TO THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM CAPE VINCENT TO OGDENSBURG- SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER FROM OGDENSBURG TO SAINT REGIS- 1141 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEW YORK WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...LAKE ONTARIO...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY WILL KEEP THE THREAT IN PLACE FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HIGHER WAVES. MARINERS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM BASED SPECIAL MARINE WARNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF NYZ001>003-010>013-019>021-085-251545- NIAGARA-ORLEANS-MONROE-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-LIVINGSTON- CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-SOUTHERN ERIE- 1141 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A SULTRY AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FEED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY...KEEPING THE RISK IN PLACE FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR FLOOD RELATED ISSUES WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE FINGER LAKES AND WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WATCHES...WARNINGS...ADVISORIES... AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BUFFALO CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BUF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 358 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 NYZ010>012-085-242100- ERIE NY-GENESEE NY-WYOMING NY- 358 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO THE AREA... * AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF EAST AURORA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM MAY INCLUDE... WALES CENTER... MARILLA... VARYSBURG... BENNINGTON... DARIEN AND ATTICA... CORFU... ALEXANDER... EAST PEMBROKE... THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND/OR DAMAGING WINDS. LAT...LON 4306 7829 4293 7805 4257 7856 4269 7874 MITCHELL
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:18 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
Officials reported two people were killed when a tree fell on their car.
Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on Aikens Road.
Law enforcement reported trees downed and blocking the intersection of Lake Bluff Road and Lummisville Road.
Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
Law enforcement reported trees downed and blocking the roadway.
Law enforcement reported a large tree fell on a house.
Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
Law enforcement reported trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
Law enforcement reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds.
Officials reported trees and wires downed by thunderstorm winds on South Elm Street.
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, Ontario | 2014-06-24 | 34 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
| Thunderstorm Wind, Ontario | 2014-06-24 | 28 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, June 2014
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: 529771, 529772, 529773, 529774, 529775, 529776, 529777, 529778, 529779, 529780, 529781, 529782, 529783, 529784.