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Thunderstorm Wind in Schenectady County, New York
Thunderstorm Wind December 11, 2021 · Schenectady County, New York
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Multiple poles and trees were snapped along Sacandaga Road in the Village of Scotia.
The wider storm
A strong cold front pushed across eastern New York during the late afternoon and evening hours on December 11, 2021. Seasonably mild air ahead of this front resulted in the development of a line of showers and embedded thunderstorms which pushed eastward bringing strong to locally damaging winds across the region. Widespread wind gusts within and in the wake of these showers and thunderstorms were between 40 and 60 mph.
Damage to trees, power lines and structures were concentrated across portions of the Mohawk Valley, Adirondacks and Lake George Saratoga region. Power outages occurred across eastern New York with Hamilton County the hardest hit based on percentage of tracked customers impacted.
Winds eased into the early morning hours on December 12, 2021.
Began near Scotia (42.8310, -73.9688).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 996467. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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