Thunderstorm Wind in Cortland County, New York

Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down a tree on Main Street in Marathon.

An upper-level wave moved through the Great Lakes region and brought numerous storms to Central New York, making it one of the more active days in July. Strong instability and shear lead to a severe weather outbreak across the region. A few storms became tornadic. The most notable tornado was a high end EF-2 that went through Rome, NY and led to significant damage. Fortunately, no fatalities occurred with this storm. However, there was one fatality in Canastota when a man was trying to protect his old car while a storm with an EF-1 tornado was passing through. Multiple other storms had damaging wind gusts that lead to widespread damage across the region.