Power Outage in Hudson Falls, NY

Multiple reports of downed trees and power lines across the Town of Salem including County Route 64, Roberson Road and Chunks Brook Road. A tree fell onto a vehicle on Perry Hill Road and also on County Route 61 but there were no injuries.

A microburst affected Galusha Island and nearby Fort Miller. Winds moved southeastward from the Hudson River across the island and then across U.S. Route 4 before continuing across Blodgett Road. Estimated maximum wind speed was 85 mph with a path length of 1.0 miles and width of 1.5 miles.||Damage was mostly concentrated near the Hudson River on Galusha Island where many large hard and softwood trees were uprooted and a few trees and large branches were snapped. Many trees fell onto homes and at least one tree fell on a car. One tree snapped and fell onto a home along North River Road in which a resident was pinned by the roof debris inside the partially collapsed area of the residence. In Fort Miller, two wooden light poles and at least two power poles were snapped. A few trees were down along Blodgett Road including one on a home.

Multiple trees and powerlines were downed.

A tree was downed onto power lines on Firehouse Way at Joe Green Road.

Several trees and power lines were downed in the village of Fort Edward. One was reported downed on a car, and one on a house. Downed trees resulted in the closure of a few roads.

Multiple trees and power poles were snapped at the intersection of Route 196 and Burgoyne Avenue in Hudson Falls due to thunderstorm winds.

The National Weather Service confirmed a macroburst (straight line wind damage) from Queensbury in Warren County to Kingsbury in Washington County. Confirmation was based on maps and pictures provided by Washington County Emergency Management, newspaper photos, storm damage reports from Warren County Emergency Management and trained spotter reports.||Winds from the macroburst brought down hundreds of trees, flattened a barn and threw its roof a quarter mile, and tore part of a roof off a building. Power outages, damage to homes from falling trees, and road closures were widespread in this area. The worst part of the damage swath passed just north of the Glens Falls New York State Mesonet observation site, which recorded a gust of 68 mph.

The National Weather Service confirmed a macroburst (straight line wind damage) from Queensbury in Warren County to Kingsbury in Washington County. Confirmation was based on maps and pictures provided by Washington County Emergency Management, newspaper photos, storm damage reports from Warren County Emergency Management and trained spotter reports.||Winds from the macroburst brought down hundreds of trees, flattened a barn and threw its roof a quarter mile, and tore part of a roof off a building. Power outages, damage to homes from falling trees, and road closures were widespread in this area. The worst part of the damage swath passed just north of the Glens Falls New York State Mesonet observation site, which recorded a gust of 68 mph.

Power lines were reported down on McIntyre Street.

Power lines were reported down on County Route 32 (Dix Avenue) in Hudson Falls due to thunderstorm winds.

Trees were reported down on Clay Hill Road in Fort Ann due to thunderstorm winds. Power was out through the town as well.

Trees and power lines down at Fort Ann

An upper level disturbance was located to the south of the region across the mid-Atlantic States. Although winds aloft were rather light, the combination of the nearby upper level storm and a small amount of instability that developed during the afternoon sparked a few isolated thunderstorms. One of these thunderstorms produced frequent cloud to ground lightning, which caused damage to a few trees and power lines at the Saratoga National Battlefield in Stillwater. The battlefield lost power as a result of the downed wires. In addition, the thunderstorm produced a wind gust strong enough to knock over one tree in Easton. Thunderstorm activity quickly diminished later in the evening after sunset.

A weak upper level disturbance spawned isolated showers and thunderstorms across eastern New York on the afternoon of June 29. One of the storms briefly pulsed up and became severe as it moved across South Argyle in Washington County, producing a microburst as well as an unusually large number of cloud to ground lightning strikes. Thunderstorm winds, estimated between 70 and 90 mph by a NWS Survey, produced three distinct clusters of damage, less than a mile from each other. The first cluster of damage occurred on Harper Road, just west of Lick Spring Road., where numerous tree limbs broke off and a one story house cathedral roof was partially ripped off and buckled. In a second area, a 15-inch diameter pine tree was uprooted, and the tops off many smaller ones were snapped off. One final area on McNeil Road saw more tree damage, including a 200-year old maple tree. During the storm, an Argyle man was reported to have been struck by lightning while working in his garage. He was transported to the Glens Falls Hospital and later released. The storms caused spotty power outages as well.

A line of showers, right ahead of a powerful cold front, produced destructively strong non-convective wind gusts across Saratoga and Washington Counties, late on the afternoon of Sunday, March 3rd. In Saratoga County, wind gusts blew a roof off a house in the town of Greenfield. A tree blew through a house in Halfmoon and numerous trees and wires were blown down in Corinth. In Washington County, trees and wires were blown down in the town of Cambridge.