Dust Devil, Montgomery
- When
- August 30, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Church Corners
- Property damage
- $200
- Coordinates
- 42.902, -74.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Dust Devil in New York, August 30, 1996
A dust devil damaged a tin building near the Fulton-Montgomery Community College in Montgomery County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $200
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A dust devil damaged a tin building near the Fulton-Montgomery Community College in Montgomery County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 dust devil. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Dust Devil
- A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, August 30, 1996
- Hail in Alabama, August 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 1996
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 30, 1996
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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: 5568331.