Aug 7, 2023
A weak surface low tracked across western NY to the northeast of Lake Ontario from the afternoon to the late evening hours. Building instability and increased wind shear ahead of the low supported clusters of severe thunderstorms beginning late in the afternoon across the northern Finger Lakes. Additional northward moving severe storms that exhibited low-level rotation formed early in the evening in a narrow corridor from central New York to areas east of Lake Ontario. In addition to wind damage
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1125653). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Oswego County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.