High Wind, Western Ulster
- When
- September 28, 5:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Ulster forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, September 28, 1996
An intense low pressure system tracked from the upper Great Lakes to Hudson Bay, between September 27 and 28. Damaging winds downed several trees across Ulster County, during the evening of September 28.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
An intense low pressure system tracked from the upper Great Lakes to Hudson Bay, between September 27 and 28. Damaging winds downed several trees across Ulster County, during the evening of September 28. Trees were downed in Gardiner and the Village of Ellenville.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Ulster
- When
- September 28, 5:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Ulster forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (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
- Tornado in Alabama, September 28, 1996
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, September 28, 1996
- Tornadoes in New York, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, September 28, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1996
- Flooding in North Carolina, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 28, 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: 5566239, 5566240.