High Wind, Southern Herkimer
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Herkimer forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, March 19 to 20, 1996
A strong low pressure system tracked from eastern Kentucky to eastern Ohio between Tuesday morning March 19 and Wednesday morning March 20. This system produced damaging winds across parts of eastern New York, especially along the higher terrain of the Hudson Valley.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- $89,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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 strong low pressure system tracked from eastern Kentucky to eastern Ohio between Tuesday morning March 19 and Wednesday morning March 20. This system produced damaging winds across parts of eastern New York, especially along the higher terrain of the Hudson Valley. At Stephentown in Rensselaer County a wind gust to 53 knots was observed. In Ulster County trees were blown down in Kingston, Woodstock and Wawarsing. A tree was blown onto a house at Copake in Columbia County. Trees and power lines were also downed by the wind at Frankfort in Herkimer County and Chestertown in Warren County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Warren
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Warren forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Rensselaer
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Rensselaer forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Rensselaer
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Rensselaer forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.711, -73.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Columbia
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Columbia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -73.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Columbia
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Columbia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -73.632 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Ulster
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Ulster forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Ulster
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Ulster forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Western Dutchess
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Dutchess forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Dutchess
- When
- March 19, 9:30 PM EST to March 20, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Dutchess forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Ohio, March 19 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 19 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Maryland, March 19, 1996
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, March 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, March 19, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, March 19, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5551150, 5551151, 5551152, 5551153, 5551154, 5551155, 5551156, 5551157, 5551158, 5551159.