Otsego

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 212 remains valid until 11 PM EDT this
evening for the following areas

In New York this watch includes 11 counties

In central New York

Broome Chenango Cortland
Delaware Madison Oneida
Onondaga Otsego Tioga
Tompkins

In southeastern New York

Sullivan

In Pennsylvania this watch includes 3 counties

In northeast Pennsylvania

Bradford Susquehanna Wayne

This includes the cities of... Binghamton... Cooperstown...
Cortland... Delhi... Honesdale... Ithaca... Monticello... Montrose...
Norwich... Oneida... Oneonta... Owego... Rome... Sayre... Syracuse...
Towanda... Utica and Walton.

... Strong thunderstorms will affect extreme north central
Susquehanna... southeastern Broome... southern Chenango... southwestern
Otsego and western Delaware counties...

* at 935 PM EDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
strong thunderstorm capable of producing strong gusty winds. This
storm was located near Windsor... and moving northeast at 30 mph.

* The strong thunderstorm will be near...
East Windsor and Harpursville at 945 PM EDT...
Nineveh at 950 PM EDT...
Sanford and Afton at 955 PM EDT...
Afton and Stilesville at 1000 PM EDT...
oquaga creek State Park and Bainbridge at 1005 PM EDT...
cannonsville at 1010 PM EDT...
Masonville and Sidney at 1015 PM EDT...
Trout Creek and Youngs at 1020 PM EDT...

This storm has the potential to become severe and produce damaging
winds.

Lat... Lon 4244 7517 4202 7491 4199 7576 4231 7579

05/22/2013 0129 PM

Milford, Otsego County.

Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by trained spotter.


            Tree on wires blocking Road on County Highway 58





05/22/2013 0100 PM

Wells Bridge, Otsego County.

Thunderstorm wind damage, reported by 911 center.


            Tree down on primary wires and on a car

... Microburst /straight line wind damage/ confirmed near
Scipio Center in Cayuga County New York...

Location... Scipio Center in Cayuga County New York
date... 05/21/2013
estimated time... 630 PM to 645 PM EDT
estimated maximum wind speed... 60 to 70 mph
maximum path width...
path length... 5 miles
beginning lat/Lon... 42.7933 N / -76.5294 W
ending lat/Lon... 42.7886 N / -76.4362 W
* fatalities... 0
* injuries... 0

* the information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the event(s) and publication in NWS
storm data.

... Summary...
the National Weather Service in Binghamton, NY has confirmed a
microburst /straight line wind damage/ near Scipio Center in Cayuga
County New York on 05/21/2013.

Severe winds caused a discontinuous path of sporadic damage to
trees, crossed Owasco Lake and completely destroyed one old barn.

This information can also be found on our website at
weather.Gov/bgm.

For reference...
a microburst is a convective downdraft with an affected outflow area
of less than 2 1/2 miles wide and peak winds lasting less than
5 minutes. Microbursts may induce dangerous horizontal/vertical
wind shears... which can adversely affect aircraft performance and
cause property damage. Straight-line winds are generally any wind
that is not associated with rotation... used mainly to differentiate
them from tornadic winds.