Funnel Cloud in New York

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• Tornado and Hail in New York, September 7, 19982 deaths · 13 injured · $3.5 million · F2 · 20 eventsAn intense line of severe thunderstorms oriented from north to south developed during Labor Day afternoon ahead of a strong approaching cold front. As the storms moved east at 40 to 50 mph, they produced high winds, large hail, and an isolated tornado.
• Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, May 29, 20131 death · $306,000 · 2 in hail · 39 eventsA stalled frontal boundary across central New York created an unstable airmass and allowed severe thunderstorms to develop during the afternoon.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 18, 2000$2.5 million · F2 · 41 eventsA strong cold front crossed eastern New York late on May 18. At the same time, very strong winds aloft moved over the area. The combination of the instability, and lift ahead of the front, spawned a line of thunderstorms.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 10, 20081 death · $435,000 · 60 kt wind · 13 eventsA pre-frontal trough well ahead of a cold front moved into a sultry airmass with ample instability and wind shear. A weak supercell formed near Erie, Pennsylvania and grew as it encountered an outflow from earlier convection.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 22, 2014EF3 · 19 eventsA potent shortwave trough was moving from the eastern Great Lakes towards upstate New York during the afternoon on Thursday, May 22nd.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, July 15, 2024$837,000 · EF1 · 91 eventsA mesoscale convective system (MCS) and an upper-level wave moved through the region triggering widespread showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours.
• Tornadoes and Hail in New York, May 16, 20091 injured · $117,000 · EF2 · 18 eventsA cold front moved east across New York state during the evening. Ahead of the front, showers and thunderstorms developed. Two of the thunderstorms produced tornadoes, with other scattered severe thunderstorms producing reports of wind damage and large hail.
• Tornado and Hail in New York, June 2, 200011 injured · F1 · 15 eventsLines of severe thunderstorms swept southeast across the region. They produced one F1 tornado, one funnel cloud, and high winds that downed many trees and power lines and caused at least 11 injuries, 8 of which were in New York City.Based on a storm survey performed by NWS…
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 12, 2015$338,000 · 1.75 in hail · 43 eventsA very unstable air mass was present Friday afternoon and evening as a warm front lifted north that morning across the state of Pennsylvania and New York.
• Tornado and Hail in New York, July 10, 2024$162,000 · EF0 · 50 eventsAs a warm front lifted north across the area in the morning, central NY became primed with high humidity, shear, and instability.
• Tornado and Hail in New York, July 29, 2011$305,000 · EF1 · 12 eventsA passing pre-frontal trough and cold front, coupled with a mid level disturbance, produced severe thunderstorms across Southeast New York.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 9, 2011$787,000 · 1.75 in hail · 16 eventsA pre-frontal trough and an approaching cold front caused a bout of widespread severe weather across the Lower Hudson Valley, and spawned a funnel cloud in Suffolk County.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 21, 2010$61,000 · 2 in hail · 60 eventsAs an area of low pressure over Wisconsin moved northeast, a stationary boundary over Pennsylvania pushed northward as a warm front during the morning hours.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, July 13, 2014$150,000 · EF1 · 12 eventsA weak frontal boundary and a strong upper level disturbance helped develop numerous severe thunderstorms. Favorable and strong wind shear in the lower and middle layers of the atmosphere resulted in damaging winds and tornadoes across central New York.
• Damaging Winds in New York, March 16, 2025$156,000 · 63 kt wind · 35 eventsA strong area low pressure moved over the Great Lakes region and a warm front lifting north early in the day put the area into the warm sector of the system, ahead of an approaching cold front.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 20, 2021$297,000 · 1.25 in hail · 21 eventsA healthy upper level trough and frontal boundary moved from Ontario into northern NY during the evening and overnight hours of July 20th.
• Flash Flooding and Debris Flows in New York, August 3 to 4, 2023$136,000 · 1.5 in hail · 34 eventsA slow moving low pressure system brought multiple rounds of scattered showers and thunderstorms across eastern New York from August 3 to August 4, 2023.
• Damaging Winds in New York, July 8, 2014$210,000 · 60 kt wind · 15 eventsA surface cold front and very strong mid-level disturbance moved across a highly unstable air mass across all of New York during the late afternoon and evening of July 8th.
• Flash Flood and Hail in New York, May 31, 1998$200,000 · 1.5 in hail · 14 eventsSevere thunderstorms (in lines and clusters) formed and moved over the Lower Hudson Valley of New York.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 11, 2008$115,000 · 1.75 in hail · 25 eventsA strong upper level low pressure system spawned numerous severe thunderstorms over the Lower Hudson Valley, New York City Metro, and Long Island.
• Heat and Damaging Winds in New York, June 21, 2021$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 55 eventsA lifting warm front across the region brought a hot and humid air mass into the region, leading to maximum heat indices reaching 95 to 98 degrees across some valley locations of eastern New York.
• Tornado and Hail in New York, June 26, 19977 injured · F0 · 10 eventsA line of scattered severe thunderstorms developed in a moist unstable airmass ahead of an approaching cold front. These storms produced high winds and hail. High winds downed several trees and power lines in several areas.
• Tornado and Hail in New York, June 21, 2007$10,000 · EF1 · 42 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong cold front as it approached central New York and Northeast Pennsylvania. Widespread severe thunderstorms developed, with many reports of large hail and damaging winds.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 17, 20101 injured · $27,000 · 1.5 in hail · 36 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a surface cold front that was dropping southeast through the Great Lakes region. An upper level low across eastern Ontario and western Quebec moved east during the afternoon.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 15, 2018$140,000 · 2 in hail · 9 eventsAn intense cold front move through central New York and northeast Pennsylvania during the afternoon of the 15th. This front produced a major squall line which eventually evolved into a derecho with estimated wind speeds of up to 115 mph in Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

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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.