Thunderstorm Wind — Onondaga, New York
May 29, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
$40K
Magnitude
50
Area
Onondaga
Event narrative (NOAA)
A line of thunderstorms became severe as it crossed northern sections of the county close to 1:30 pm EDT. Numerous trees and wires were downed across northern and eastern sections of the Syracuse metropolitan area. One man in Cicero was injured when he was shocked from falling wires. In Syracuse, another man was struck and killed by a large tree limb on the corner of Congress and Holland Streets.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.