Thunderstorm Wind — Franklin, New York

2021-06-21 · near Ft Covington, Franklin, New York

Event narrative

Local microburst in Fort Covington with reports of several trees uprooted or snapped and an old barn building collapsed.

Wider weather episode

An upper level disturbance and strong cold front moved into a warm, moist unstable airmass across northern NY during the afternoon of June 21st. Thunderstorms developed ahead of this cold front, with strong winds aloft, to help support locally severe storms with damaging winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 956996. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.