For the third day in a row, thunderstorms fired up across eastern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of August 16. This time the culprit was a cold front, slicing through a still steamy air mass over the region. Thunderstorms were more numerous than the previous days, and many of them became briefly severe as they propogated east in several broken lines. The first wave of storms brought trees down in the Saratoga County towns of Malta, Stillwater and Clifton Park. Trees fell at a National Weather Service employee's house, causing some slight structural damage. The same storm capsized two small boats in Saratoga County, one on Saratoga Lake and the other on Round Lake. There were no reports of any injuries or fatalities with these capsized boats. Also, in Stillwater, a home was struck by lightning. Storms blew down large trees in the cities of Rotterdam and Schenectady in Schenectady County. One house fell on a porch in Schenectady, destroying it and causing structural damage to the home itself. It was Rensselaer County that bore the brunt of the damage from these storms. Wind damage knocked down trees and power lines in the cities of Troy, Johnsonville, Pittstown and Brunswick. Torrential rains from the storm produced flash flooding in the city of Schaghticoke as one road was washed out due to flooding. Another line of storms produced wind damage further south in Greene County. Many trees were reported blown down in the towns of Windham and Greenville. One tree near Greenville crashed through the roof of a home. Lightning from the storm struck a barn nearby, resulting in a fire and partial damage to that structure. Storms also blew down trees in the towns of Gallupville and Wright, Schoharie County. One last batch of storms produced wind damage in Little Falls, Herkimer County, bringing down large limbs.

Flash Flood in RENSSELAER, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 15:51:00 to 16-AUG-02 16:51:00 (EST)
Location: SCHAGHTICOKE
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 14:20:00 to 16-AUG-02 14:20:00 (EST)
Location: ROTTERDAM
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in GREENE, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 15:50:00 to 16-AUG-02 15:50:00 (EST)
Location: GREENVILLE
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Thunderstorm Wind in GREENE, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 15:45:00 to 16-AUG-02 15:45:00 (EST)
Location: WINDHAM
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Lightning in GREENE, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 15:50:00 to 16-AUG-02 15:50:00 (EST)
Location: GREENVILLE
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Thunderstorm Wind in RENSSELAER, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 15:30:00 to 16-AUG-02 15:30:00 (EST)
Location: TROY
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Lightning in SARATOGA, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 13:52:00 to 16-AUG-02 13:52:00 (EST)
Location: STILLWATER
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD

Thunderstorm Wind in SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 14:30:00 to 16-AUG-02 14:30:00 (EST)
Location: SCHENECTADY
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in HERKIMER, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 21:20:00 to 16-AUG-02 21:20:00 (EST)
Location: LITTLE FALLS
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Thunderstorm Wind in RENSSELAER, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 15:13:00 to 16-AUG-02 15:13:00 (EST)
Location: BRUNSWICK
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Thunderstorm Wind in RENSSELAER, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 14:45:00 to 16-AUG-02 14:45:00 (EST)
Location: JOHNSONVILLE
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in WASHINGTON, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 14:15:00 to 16-AUG-02 14:15:00 (EST)
Location: FT EDWARD
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in RENSSELAER, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 14:45:00 to 16-AUG-02 14:45:00 (EST)
Location: PITTSTOWN
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in SARATOGA, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 14:30:00 to 16-AUG-02 14:30:00 (EST)
Location: CLIFTON PARK
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Thunderstorm Wind in SCHOHARIE, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 17:56:00 to 16-AUG-02 17:56:00 (EST)
Location: GALLUPVILLE
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

Thunderstorm Wind in SARATOGA, NEW YORK
From 16-AUG-02 14:10:00 to 16-AUG-02 14:10:00 (EST)
Location: STILLWATER
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC