Power Outage in Cobleskill, NY

Five power poles were snapped in the village of Middleburgh.

A tree and powerlines were downed.

Large tree limbs were downed onto wires. There were about 13,500 customers without power across Schoharie county.

Power outages were reported throughout Schoharie County due to high winds.

Numerous trees and power lines were reported down due to strong winds across Schoharie County, resulting in power outages and road closures including but not limited to the following: in North Blenheim, North Road.

Significant ice accretion from freezing rain of 0.75 to just under 1 inch led to widespread downed trees, tree limbs and power lines across the county.||The hardest hit areas were near Gilboa, North Blenheim and Cobleskill.

Power lines were reported down in Summit due to strong winds.

Several power outages were reported in Middleburgh as a result of downed tree limbs and wires due to high winds.

A low pressure system over the midwest moved east, reaching south central New York State around midday on Monday, January 15th, and then moved off the southern New England coast by Monday evening.|Cold low level air remained in place as precipitation overspread the region early Monday morning, producing a mix of freezing rain and some sleet. Significant icing, with ice accretions of one half of an inch, to up to one inch, occurred from the freezing rain during Monday, leading to widespread power outages from downed trees and tree limbs, and from power transformers which shorted out. Although the freezing rain tapered off Monday evening, strengthening winds in the wake of the storm continued to down tree limbs and exacerbate power outages across the region into Monday night.|This ice storm had a significant impact on travel and economy across the region. Estimates of 85,000 customers were affected by power outages at the height of the ice storm Monday afternoon and evening. Some of these customers did not receive power back until Thursday, January 18th.

Law enforcement personnel reported that trees and power lines were blown down in Middleburgh.

Law enforcement reports that heavy snow occurred county wide and that some trees and power lines were brought down. There was 6 inches of snow at Conesville at 12 AM EST and that snow was still occurring at that time.

Trees and power lines were blown down.

A low pressure system approaching from the southwest brought an area of rain to much of eastern New York on the 26th. Over the Adirondacks, the rain mixed with and changed to snow during the afternoon and evening hours, with heavy, wet snow continuing overnight before tapering off in the late morning of the 27th. Snowfall totals in the southern Adirondacks ranged mainly from 6 to 14 inches. The heavy, wet snow brought down numerous trees and powerlines in northern and western portions of Warren County, knocking out power to over 2,000 customers. Dozens of automobile accidents occurred, and trucks became stuck on a hill between exits 22 and 23 on Interstate 87. Snow continued intermittently for the southern Adirondacks and Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys into the evening of the 28th with additional light to moderate accumulation.

A strong frontal boundary crossed the region during the early morning hours on Sunday, November 20th. Precipitation initially begin as rain or a mix of rain and snow, but quickly transitioned over to just snow as colder air quickly worked its way into the region. ||Although precipitation only lasted a few hours across valley areas, the snowfall continued through the entire day on Sunday November 20th and into the day on Monday November 21st across the higher elevations, as the persistent westerly flow caused upslope flow into the higher terrain of the Taconics and eastern Catskills. In addition, the very cold air moving into aloft behind the storm allowed for lake-effect snow to occur across the western Adirondacks, western Mohawk Valley and Schoharie County. While valley areas only saw a few inches of snowfall, high terrain areas saw upwards of 10 inches, with some localized totals near two feet within the highest terrain of the northern Taconics in eastern Rensselaer County. ||This heavy snowfall, accompanied by gusty winds, caused some power outages across the higher terrain. Media reported statewide outages totaled at 52,000 customers by Monday afternoon, with many of these located across the northern and central Taconics.

Behind an Arctic cold front, strong north to northwest winds developed over the region during the day on Sunday, April 3rd. The strongest winds occurred during early afternoon hours, when winds gusted up to 55 mph at times. Numerous trees were downed across eastern New York and some of these trees blocked area roadways.||As a result of the downed trees, several thousand power outages occurred, with the highest concentration across southern parts of the area. ||Winds diminished during the evening hours, as the pressure gradient began to relax over the region.

Behind a departing storm system, very strong winds were in place over eastern New York. The combination of the deepening storm east of New England and an area of high pressure building into the region from the west allowed for a strong pressure gradient to be in place. West to northwest winds gusted up to 50 MPH at times, mainly during the morning hours on Tuesday, March 29th. ||As a result of the winds, trees were downed in the town of Carlisle in Schoharie County, Woodstock in Ulster County and Stockport in Columbia County. Some roads were briefly closed due to the downed trees. Local utility companies reported numerous power outages across southern parts of the region as well. ||Winds eventually diminished during the afternoon, as the storm system moved away from the area.

Hurricane Sandy moved northward off the eastern seaboard of the United States during the last week of October 2012. Due to a very strong blocking ridge of high pressure situated over the Atlantic Ocean, the storm turned back to the northwest and rapidly strengthened as it moved toward the mid-Atlantic coast. Although the storm began transitioning into non-tropical nor'easter storm, it remained an extremely powerful cyclone. As the storm made landfall in southern New Jersey during the evening of October 29th, bands of rain moved across eastern New York. The rainfall was not excessively heavy and did not cause any flooding, thanks to dry antecedent conditions. While less than an inch of rain fell in valley areas, higher terrain areas of the northern and eastern Catskills received over an inch of rain. In Richmondville in Schoharie County 2.65 inches of rain was reported and 3.25 inches of rain was reported in Halcott Center in Greene County.||However, strong and gusty winds in association with the storm caused damage to trees and power lines across the region. Although not quite as widespread as areas across southeastern New York and New Jersey, power outages occurred throughout the region, mainly across the higher terrain. Local media reported that up to 63,000 customers lost power in Dutchess and Ulster Counties. It was also reported that utility National Grid had 8,000 customers without power in eastern New York at the height of the storm. Wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph were common from the afternoon of the 29th until the early morning hours of the 30th. Wind gusts reached 55 mph in the village of Herkimer, 50 mph at the National Weather Service Forecast Office Albany, 50 mph at Hunter in Greene County, 58 mph at Dutchess County Airport in Poughkeepsie and 60 mph at Stone Ridge in Ulster County.||These strong north to northeast winds caused very large waves of area lakes. Both Lake George and Peck's Lake had damage to docks on the southern sides of the lakes due to heavy wave and wind action.||Unfortunately, one direct death was caused by these winds as flying debris was thrown through a windshield and killed a 69 year old woman driving in Kerhonkson in Ulster County. Two indirect deaths also occurred due to carbon monoxide poisioning from using a generator in the wake of the storm in the town of Olive.||In addition, the powerful storm caused a storm surge of water that moved up the Hudson River from the New York City area. Record flooding occurred on the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie as the river reached 9.54 feet. This surge of water moved all the way up to Albany. Flooding occurred along the Hudson River in Dutchess, Ulster, Greene, Columbia, Rensslear and Albany counties causing damage to homes and businesses located near the river.

Initially, a strong upper level disturbance and surface cold front approached the region Friday, January 1st resulting in light snowfall across the area. Then, a powerful storm formed in the Gulf of Maine on Saturday, January 2nd and moved gradually westward toward the northern New England coast Saturday night into Sunday, January 3rd, bringing a widespread snowfall to east central New York along with blustery conditions, resulting in blowing and drifting of the snow. ||However, local mesoscale affects, particularly upslope, resulted in heavy snowfall accumulations across Washington County, the northern and central Taconics and across the Schoharie Valley and western Greene County. Snowfall totals in these areas were generally 6 to 16 inches, with up to 2 feet across portions of Washington and eastern Rensselaer counties.

The passage of a strong upper level disturbance allowed strong wind gusts to develop across portions of the southern Adirondacks and Schoharie Valley during Sunday afternoon May 31st. Wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph were observed, and resulted in some downed trees and power lines.

The combination of a strong cold frontal passage, and the extratropical remnants of Ike led to strong winds across the southern and western Adirondacks, the western and central Mohawk Valley, the Lake George and Saratoga region, and Schoharie Valley of eastern New York during the early morning hours of Monday September 15th. Measured wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph were recorded, leading to numerous downed trees, tree limbs and power lines across the affected area.

The remanents of Hurricane Isabel moved from the mid Atlantic States, northeast to western New York, during the afternoon of September 19. While eastern New York was spared the widespread damage experienced further south and west, winds from the storm did manage to blow some trees down in Schoharie and southern Herkimer Counties. A tree fell on a car on Elm Street in Cobleskill damaging it. The winds also knocked out power to about 3,000 customers in the Schoharie and eastern Mohawk Valleys.

A low pressure area formed in the Ohio Valley, along a stationary front, early on New Years Day. The storm deepened as it tracked northeastward, reaching east of Cape Cod shortly after midnight. This storm initially brought rain to most of eastern New York. However, as a shallow arctic airmass slowly bled southward from a high in eastern Canada, the rain changed to freezing rain across the higher terrain, then the valley locations, by late New Year's Day. As the colder air became more entrenched, the precipitation gradually switched to sleet and finally to snow after midnight. Snowfall amounts were minor, only 1 to 3 inches. However, sleet and especially freezing rain, produced ice accretions up to half an inch thick. The ice buildup did produce some spotty power outages. About 2500 customers were without power in the Mid Hudson Valley and a few more elsewhere. The combination of ice and a little wind, brought down a few trees and large limbs as well.