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NYZ022-170945-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
531 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR APRIL 15TH 2026 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT
IN LINDLEY, NY...
MICROBURST IN THE TOWN OF LINDLEY, NY
PEAK WIND (ESTIMATED): 90-100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.3 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 700 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/15/2026
START TIME: 07:46 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 MILE WEST OF LINDLEY, NY
START LAT/LON: 42.03N / -77.16W
END DATE: 04/15/2026
END TIME: 07:53 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINDLEY, NY
END LAT/LON: 42.00N / -77.08W
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT DAMAGING WINDS, INCLUDING A LOCALIZED
MICROBURST WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 90-100 MPH IN THE TOWN OF LINDLEY, NY
DURING THE EVENING OF APRIL 15TH, 2026. THE FIRST DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR
THE INTERSECTION OF MORGAN CREEK ROAD AND ENGLE ROAD WITH A FEW UPROOTED
TREES AND SNAPPED LARGE TREE BRANCHES. DAMAGE CONTINUED EASTWARD ALONG
MORGAN CREEK ROAD AND IN WOODED AREAS PARALLEL TO THE ROAD. MOST OF THE
DAMAGE ALONG MORGAN CREEK ROAD CONSISTED OF SCATTERED SNAPPED AND UPROOTED
TREES. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS ON THE DOWNWIND SIDE OF A HILLSIDE
ALONG MORGAN CREEK ROAD, ROUGHLY 0.30 MILES WEST OF INTERSTATE 99. THIS
DAMAGE CONSISTED OF NUMEROUS SNAPPED SOFTWOOD TREES, WHICH REMOVED NEARLY
THE ENTIRE CANOPY OF THAT WOODED AREA. OUTSIDE OF THIS FOCUSED AREA,
DAMAGE WAS MORE CONSISTENT WITH 60-80 MPH DOWNBURST DAMAGE.
THE THUNDERSTORM THEN CROSSED INTERSTATE 99 AND HIT A MOBILE HOME PARK ALONG
ROUTE 115. MULTIPLE UPROOTED TREES WERE OBSERVED IN THIS MOBILE HOME PARK,
SOME WHICH FELL ON RESIDENCES. A PIECE OF METAL ROOFING WAS ALSO PARTIALLY
TORN OFF OF ONE OF THE RESIDENCES FROM THE WIND. THE STORM THEN CONTINUED
TO PROGRESS EAST-SOUTHEASTWARD, WITH SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE ALSO OBSERVED
ALONG STEAMTOWN ROAD. THE LAST TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED ALONG BROWNTOWN ROAD,
ROUGHLY 0.25 MILES NORTH OF THE NY/PA BORDER.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK STEUBEN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, THE LINDLEY
FIRE CHIEF, THE LINDLEY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND LOCAL RESIDENCES FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS SURVEY AND FOR PROVIDING EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF THE STORM.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
BJG
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