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NYZ057-081000-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
556 PM EDT WED MAY 7 2025
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 05/06/25 STRAIGHT-LINE THUNDERSTORM WIND
DAMAGE EVENT IN THE TOWN OF HANCOCK IN DELAWARE COUNTY, NEW
YORK...
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 60 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.50 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 220 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 05/06/2025
START TIME: 04:58 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2W FISHS EDDY / TOWN OF HANCOCK / DELAWARE COUNTY, NY
START LAT/LON: 41.97N / -75.20W
END DATE: 05/06/2025
END TIME: 05:01 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 3NW FISHS EDDY / TOWN OF HANCOCK / DELAWARE COUNTY, NY
END LAT/LON: 41.99N / -75.21W
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A THUNDERSTORM MOVED THROUGH PARTS OF THE TOWN OF HANCOCK IN
DELAWARE COUNTY, NY, ROUGHLY 2 MILES WEST OF FISHS EDDY JUST
BEFORE 5PM ON TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2025. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A
WEAK MICROBURST, WHICH RESULTED IN UPROOTED AND SOME SNAPPED
NARROW TREES ALONG ITS PATH. SOME OF THE UPROOTED TREES MAY HAVE
ALSO BEEN AIDED BY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS.
THE FIRST VISIBLE TREE DAMAGE WAS LOCATED IN A WOODED AREA,
BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHWARD AND CROSSED
BODOIT ROAD, RESULTING IN MORE UPROOTED TREES ALONG THE ROAD AND
AT SOME RESIDENTS' YARDS ALONG THE ROAD. THE STORM THEN CROSSED
THE EAST BRANCH DELAWARE RIVER AND UPROOTED SEVERAL MORE TREES ON
A SMALL ISLAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER. MORE TREE DAMAGE AND
DAMAGE TO A POWER POLE BRACKET WAS OBSERVED ALONG OLD ROUTE 17
AND ALONG NY STATE HIGHWAY 17, BEFORE THE STORM TRACKED OVER HILLS
NORTH OF NY STATE HIGHWAY 17. THE LAST OBSERVED TREE DAMAGE WAS
LOCATED ALONG TAR HOLLOW ROAD. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED
VIA DRONE IMAGES FROM DELAWARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
THROUGHOUT THE STORM'S PATH.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK WOULD
LIKE TO THANK THE TOWN OF HANCOCK EMERGENCY MANAGER AND DELAWARE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING
THIS SURVEY. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK IMPACTED RESIDENTS FOR
THEIR ACCOUNTS OF THIS 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/MJM
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