Thunderstorm Wind — Schenectady, New York

2021-07-20 · near Scotia, Schenectady, New York

Event narrative

A large tree was downed on Sixth Street in the Village of Scotia, flattening vehicles and damaging homes. No injuries were reported.

Wider weather episode

A warm and humid air mass ahead of an approaching cold front brought a couple of rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms across the region, mainly along and north of Interstate 90. A few individual thunderstorms became severe across the Lake George Saratoga region during the early afternoon hours before the main line of thunderstorms progressed from west to east from the Adirondacks and Mohawk Valley to the Hudson River during the late afternoon and early evening hours. There were a couple of reports of hail, but these storms brought mostly damaging winds with downed trees and power lines, a couple of which fell onto homes or vehicles. Lightning also struck a house, resulting in a fire near West Glens Falls. Minor flooding occurred across southern Herkimer County, near Poland.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 972180. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.