Thunderstorm Wind — Ontario, New York
2025-09-04 · near Geneva, Ontario, New York
$2K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
A few reports of trees downed in the Town of Geneva.
Wider weather episode
On September 4, a pre-frontal trough and cold front crossing the region caused severe thunderstorms to develop across the eastern half of the Buffalo forecast area. With 40+ knots of 0-6 km shear available and CAPE values of around 1,000 J/kg for areas east of the Genesee Valley. As showers along the trough and front encountered this more favorable area and thunderstorms developed and became severe with damaging wind gusts.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1295181. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.