Strong Wind, Dutchess
- When
- July 15, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in New York, July 15, 1996
A cold front associated with strong winds crossed eastern New York during the afternoon of July 15. Due to saturated soil from a very wet summer including the remnants of Hurricane Bertha on July 13, trees and power lines were downed by the wind across parts of Columbia and Dutchess Counties.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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 cold front associated with strong winds crossed eastern New York during the afternoon of July 15. Due to saturated soil from a very wet summer including the remnants of Hurricane Bertha on July 13, trees and power lines were downed by the wind across parts of Columbia and Dutchess Counties. The hardest hit areas included the Towns of Greenport and Livingston in Columbia County and the Town of Wappinger in Dutchess County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Virginia, July 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 15, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, July 15, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, July 15, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, July 15, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nevada, July 15, 1996
- Tornado in New York, July 15, 1996
- Tornado in New York, July 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 15, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 15, 1996
- Strong Wind in New York, July 15, 1996
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5567011.