Thunderstorm Wind in Tompkins County, New York

Thunderstorm Wind March 16, 2025 · Tompkins County, New York

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$2K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong thunderstorm winds uprooted and snapped a few small trees, knocked down numerous large tree branches and a stop sign around and just off of Cornell University property.

The wider storm

A 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. While instability was limited, there was strong wind shear in place, and a line of gusty showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of the cold front produced locally damaging wind gusts. A funnel cloud embedded within the line was briefly observed south of the Syracuse area. There was also a tight pressure gradient in place which resulted in strong, locally damaging non-thunderstorm synoptic winds prior to the cold frontal passage as well.

Began near East Ithaca (42.4535, -76.4735).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1245641. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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