NOUS41 KALY 022131
PNSALY
NYZ064-022230-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
530 PM EDT MON JUL 2 2001

...MICROBURST WINDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM CAUSED DAMAGE IN THE
EASTERN PART OF THE TOWN OF GARDINER ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NEW YORK DISPATCHED A TEAM
TO SURVEY DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH 
IRELAND CORNERS NEW YORK...WHICH IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 208 
AND ROUTES 44 AND 55 IN TOWN OF GARDINER. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED AROUND 
320 PM ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS THUNDERSTORM DID NOT RESULT IN ANY 
INJURIES...BUT TWO AUTOMOBILES AND A SINGLE HOME DID SUSTAIN DAMAGE. 
 
THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM DETERMINED THAT WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A 
MICROBURST PRODUCED WINDS OF 100 TO 110 MILES AN HOUR. A DOWNBURST
FROM A THUNDERSTORM THAT OCCURS OVER A SMALL AREA IS DEFINED AS
A MICROBURST. THE DAMAGE WAS GENERALLY CONTAINED WITHIN A 
SEMI-CIRCLE TO THE WEST OF IRELAND CORNERS WITHIN A RADIUS OF 
APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER MILE. ONE AUTOMOBILE WAS CRUSHED ON ROUTE 
208 TO THE NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY INTERSECTION. TO THE SOUTH OF THE 
INTERSECTION...A TREE FELL THROUGH THE ROOF OF A HOUSE. ALSO AT THE 
SAME LOCATION...A CHIMNEY TOPPLED AND THEN FELL ON A VEHICLE. 
SCATTERED DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON MARABAC ROAD WHERE SOME LIMBS AND 
BRANCHES WERE DOWNED.