%PDF-1.5 %���� Both outer walls were gone. Shortly after 1 am on the morning of Labor Day 1998, a line of fierce thunderstorms moved into the area, striking Central New York from the west with wind gusts of up to 115mph. Seven other individuals had minor injuries, mostly cuts and scrapes from flying glass.Three large flag poles at the entrance to the Fairgrounds were bent to almost a 45 degree angle from the force of the wind. Power outages darkened much of Onondaga County, and parts of Oswego, Cayuga, Madison and Oneida counties, Niagara Mohawk spokesman Dan Dupee said.The utility said it may take a week or more to restore power for all customers, including those in Onondaga County. Post Nov 11, 2008 #1 2008-11-11T21:01. Lightning struck 10 to 20 times strikes per minute.The Labor Day Storm of 1998 would cost Onondaga County $30 million, leave 250,000 people in Upstate New York without electricity and cost two people their lives. It’s almost Labor Day, and who could ever forget that?
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A very rare form of straight-line wind and rainstorm swept across 12 Central New York counties with devastating effects. By Friday most damaged businesses had reopened at least on a limited basis.A radar reflectivity image and animated radar loops for the Syracuse Labor Day Derecho were provided by National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologist Jeff Waldstreicher. "The tree!" "Fall was around the corner, apples were being picked and schools were opening.At the New York State Fair, Labor Day was going to be an historic day.A stretch of sunny weather had produced four daily attendance records and as the Fair closed shop on its penultimate day, the Fair was just 16,185 visitors away from setting the all-time attendance record.In the Horticulture Building, the finishing touches were made on the world's tallest sand sculpture.As people went to sleep, they did not know that several thunderstorms in Ontario converged just before midnight to create a massive derecho, a storm with straight line winds that can cause damage for hundreds of miles  Winds from this derecho blew at up to 115 mph.

Ice cream: half price. One of the hardest hit sections was the Thornden Park area near Syracuse University. In New Hartford, a restaurant had its windows blown out with major damage to the kitchen and seating areas from flying glass and debris. Courtesy, Storm Prediction Center/NOAA. 0000080285 00000 n A very rare form of straight-line wind and rainstorm swept across 12 Central New York counties with devastating effects. Additional informations: Presentation from 1998: The Labor Day Derecho 1998. A spokesman for the New York State Emergency Management Office, estimated that 300,000 residences had lost electricity, 7 persons died and 80 were injured. "But nobody could say when.

The storms exited the county shortly before 01:25 AM EDT with more tree damage in the town of Owasco. 0000111395 00000 n Traffic lights were out, the State Fair was closed, bus service was cancelled, and many schools were closed for more than a week. The storms maintained their intensity as they moved rapidly through the eastern suburbs.

Two large antennas just south of Interstate 481 in DeWitt collapsed and interrupted local radio broadcasts. When the crash of thunder was punctuated by a horrendous cracking sound, I came fully awake. The 1998 Labor Day Storm It came with little warning at a time when most people slept. "Most school districts postponed their first days until the power could be restored. "On Columbus Street, I saw this tree, about three-feet in diameter," David Hess of Niagara Mohawk said. Our own gigantic old oak tree was unscathed.Daylight arrived in due course and with it came realization. A 26-year-old man was killed when he was struck by flying debris from a nearby building.
0000004901 00000 n The Labor Day Storm of 1998 1:30 in the morning, and something jolted me out of sound sleep. I was 9 and about to go into 4th grade. Another spotter in DeWitt measured a wind gust of 75 mph. Again, tens of thousands of customers spent most of Labor Day in the dark. It never rained in that window. For moments I was confused by the barrage of sensations - noise assaulted my ears; blinding flashes of light seemed everywhere; I was drenched. St. Lucy's Church, a sturdy brick structure, was nearly destroyed when its western steeple collapsed. They lay on the ground everywhere and every road was buried in tree branches and whole trees, with power lines down on nearly every street.I took the car and headed for the nearest hardware store to buy batteries, but the route was like a maze. One, foreshadowing the event which would occur in New York City later that day, occurred from Midnight EDT through 6am EDT, in New England.


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