Tornado, Franklin
- When
- July 26, 9:50 AM EDT
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -74.250
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, July 26, 1986
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ulster
- When
- July 26, 12:30 PM EDT
- Where
- Ulster County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -74.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- July 26, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -74.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Albany
- When
- July 26, 1:58 PM CST
- Where
- Albany County
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -74.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Schenectady
- When
- July 26, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Schenectady County
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -74.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Albany
- When
- July 26, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Albany County
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -74.250
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 26, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Utah, July 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 26, 1986
More
Every storm in New York in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New York, 1986Warnings in New York, July 1986
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10074159, 10074160, 10074161, 10074162, 10074163, 10074164.