Thunderstorm Wind — Niagara, New York

2023-08-17 · near Shawnee, Niagara, New York

Event narrative

A large tree was downed and a fence was damaged.

Wider weather episode

A cold front plowed across the lower Great Lakes region during the evening hours pushing a broken line of thunderstorms across western New York. Numerous marine thunderstorm wind reports were received as the line of thunderstorms moved through with even an isolated wind damage report over Niagara County. The cold air behind this front then helped spawn a waterspout late the following afternoon over southeast Lake Ontario.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1131710. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.