Thunderstorm Wind, Merrimack
- When
- July 26, 3:11 PM EST
- Where
- Merrimack County
- Coordinates
- 43.298, -71.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines were blown down in Canterbury.
Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 26, 1994
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- July 26, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines were blown down in Albany. A car was also blown out of a driveway.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- July 26, 4:02 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
State Police reported trees blown down in Chororua.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- July 26, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 71 kt (82 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Winds gusted as high as 82 mph near Moultonborough.
Thunderstorm Wind, Belknap
- When
- July 26, 4:11 PM EST
- Where
- Belknap County
- Coordinates
- 43.519, -71.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees were blown down in Sanbornton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grafton
- When
- July 26, 4:22 PM EST
- Where
- Grafton County
- Coordinates
- 43.941, -71.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees were blown down across Interstate 93 near Ashland.
Hail, Carroll
- When
- July 26, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A very strong downburst from a thunderstorm caused substantial damage along a one half mile wide and six mile long path. Property damage included 30 homes with severe damage, 150 other homes with lesser amounts of damage and several cars crushed by felled trees. One hundred acres of trees were leveled with an additional 40 acres sustaining damage. Damage estimates include $1.5 million to private property and $50,000 to public property. Not included in those figures are the cleanup costs, utility damage and the value of the trees. Only one injury was reported when a woman broke both her forearms warding off a falling object.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- July 26, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A very strong downburst from a thunderstorm caused substantial damage along a one half mile wide and six mile long path. Property damage included 30 homes with severe damage, 150 other homes with lesser amounts of damage and several cars crushed by felled trees. One hundred acres of trees were leveled with an additional 40 acres sustaining damage. Damage estimates include $1.5 million to private property and $50,000 to public property. Not included in those figures are the cleanup costs, utility damage and the value of the trees. Only one injury was reported when a woman broke both her forearms warding off a falling object.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grafton
- When
- July 26, 4:59 PM EST
- Where
- Grafton County
- Coordinates
- 43.941, -71.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous trees blown down in the Grafton area.
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, July 26, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 26, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, July 26, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 26, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 26, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 26, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 26, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 26, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 26, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 26, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 26, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 26, 1994
More
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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: 10335889, 10335847, 10335848, 10335849, 10335831, 10335880, 10335850, 10335851, 10335881.