A strong cold front crossed central NY on Thanksgiving Day 2004 bringing rare November thunderstorms, including cloud-to-ground lightning and even hail in eastern NY. The temperature had reached into the 50's (and 60's in eastern NY) during the night, but dropped quickly into the lower 30's as the front passed in the morning. Later that day the wind was forecast at 15-20 mph with gusts between 40-50 mph. Lake effect snow began forming off the eastern end of Lake Ontario and was forecast to accumulate to 2 inches over the higher terrain of Chenango County by sunrise.


    LIGHTNING

lightning strikes approaching central NY 6:40 AM


    RADAR

squall line crossing Chenango County 7:18 AM    [1.18 MB bitmap]


    PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS


NWUS51 KBGM 251742
LSRBGM

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON AND ALBANY, NY


..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..


0820 AM     HAIL             OLD FORGE               41.37N 75.74W 
11/25/2004  0.75 INCH        LACKAWANNA         PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT 



0840 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CARBONDALE              41.57N 75.51W 
11/25/2004                   LACKAWANNA         PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN



0840 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ARCHBALD                41.51N 75.54W 
11/25/2004                   LACKAWANNA         PA   NWS STORM SURVEY

            TREES DOWN



0845 AM     TSTM WND DMG     EQUINUNK                41.85N 75.22W 
11/25/2004                   WAYNE              PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN. TRAILER FLIPPED.



0845 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BEACH LAKE              41.60N 75.15W 
11/25/2004                   WAYNE              PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN



0920 AM     TSTM WND DMG     JEFFERSONVILLE          41.78N 74.93W 
11/25/2004                   SULLIVAN           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF
            THE COUNTY



0930 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HANCOCK                 41.95N 75.28W 
11/25/2004                   DELAWARE           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            TREE DOWN



1012 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MALTA                   42.97N 73.79W 
11/25/2004                   SARATOGA           NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN



1012 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HURLEY                  41.91N 74.06W 
11/25/2004                   ULSTER             NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN



1012 AM     HAIL             GALWAY                  43.02N 74.03W 
11/25/2004  0.75 INCH        SARATOGA           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER 

            PENNY SIZE HAIL AT PROVIDENCE



1012 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HARDENBURG              42.00N 74.67W 
11/25/2004                   ULSTER             NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN



1013 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LOMONTVILLE             41.89N 74.13W 
11/25/2004                   ULSTER             NY   PUBLIC          

            60 TREES DOWN. OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED.



1040 AM     TSTM WND DMG     TAGHKANIC               42.14N 73.68W 
11/25/2004                   COLUMBIA           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            TREES DOWN. 



1045 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SALT POINT              41.81N 73.79W 
11/25/2004                   DUTCHESS           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN



1045 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROCHDALE                41.72N 73.85W 
11/25/2004                   DUTCHESS           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN



1105 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SCHODACK CENTER         42.55N 73.68W 
11/25/2004                   RENSSELAER         NY   EMERGENCY MNGR  

            TREES DOWN



1105 AM     TSTM WND DMG     NASSAU                  42.51N 73.61W 
11/25/2004                   RENSSELAER         NY   EMERGENCY MNGR  

            TREES DOWN



1107 AM     TSTM WND DMG     SCHODACK CENTER         42.55N 73.68W 
11/25/2004                   RENSSELAER         NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT 

            POSSIBLE ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE



1145 AM     TSTM WND DMG     GOSHEN                  41.40N 74.33W 
11/25/2004                   ORANGE             NY   PUBLIC          

            TREES AND BILLBOARDS DOWN ON RT.17 AND HARRIMAN DRIVE 
            CAUSING DAMAGE TO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
    SURVEY TEAM RESULTS


NOUS41 KBGM 262000
PNSBGM

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
STORM SURVEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
300 PM EDT FRI NOV 26 2004

...STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE FOUND IN LACKAWANNA COUNTY 
PENNSYLVANIA...

A SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BINGHAMTON 
NEW YORK, FOUND STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS 
THAT PASSED THROUGH LACKAWANNA COUNTY, EARLY THANKSGIVING MORNING.

IN ARCHBALD, THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 YARDS LONG AND 50 
YARDS WIDE. BASED ON THE DAMAGE, THE WINDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 70 TO 
80 MPH. SEVERAL EVERGREEN AND ASPEN TREES WERE UPROOTED OR BROKEN BY 
THE WIND. A SMALL GARAGE COLLAPSED, AND SEVERAL SHINGLES WERE BLOWN 
OFF THE ROOFS OF HOUSES.

NEAR CARBONDALE, OFF OF SALEM ROAD, A SWATH OF TREES WERE DAMAGED BY 
WINDS OF 80 MPH. THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS LONG 
AND A MAXIMUM OF 100 YARDS WIDE. ROUGHLY 25 TO 30 HARDWOOD TREES 
WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. 

$$

GILT/MUNDSCHENK





NOUS41 KALY 261845 CCA
PNSALY
CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-270000-

PUBLIC INFORMATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
144 PM EST FRI NOV 26 2004


...MICROBURST AT LOMONTVILLE IN ULSTER COUNTY, NY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT ALBANY DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HAS 
CONFIRMED A MICROBURST OCCURRED IN LOMONTVILLE IN ULSTER COUNTY NY 
AROUND 1013 AM EST ON NOVEMBER 25, 2004.  ROUGHLY 60 TO 80 MATURE 
OAK AND EVERGREEN TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN WITH MANY TREES UPROOTED 
AT THIS LOCATION. A LARGE TREE CRUSHED A GARAGE ROOF AND TRAVEL 
TRAILER.  OTHER BUILDING DAMAGE BY FALLEN TREES ALSO OCCURRED.  

THE FINDINGS BY THE NWS DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED THAT A 
MICROBURST OCCURRED.  THE MICROBURST WAS 400 YARDS WIDE. WINDS WERE 
ESTIMATED AT 80 TO 90 MPH.  THE TREES THAT FELL WERE GENERALLY 
ALIGNED SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WSR88D 
RADAR SHOWED SIGNS OF STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.  
$$
KOLECI
    SNOWFALL TOTALS


NOUS41 KBUF 261853
PNSBUF
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
153 PM EST FRI NOV 26 2004

                                NEW   PERIOD  STORM  DURATION  SNOW ON
LOCATION        TIME/DATE       SNOW  (HRS)   TOTAL   (HRS)    GROUND
.NEW YORK

...CHAUTAUQUA...
CHERRY HILL     1000 AM 11/26   2.0     24    2.0      24             

CASSADAGA       0125 PM 11/26   2.0     24    2.0      24             

...OSWEGO...
WEST MONROE     0945 AM 11/26   4.0     5     4.0