Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- July 3, 8:45 PM EST to 9:15 PM EST
- Where
- Carroll County, Chocorua to Tamworth
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -71.220
Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 3, 1997
Gusty winds from strong thunderstorms downed trees and branches onto power lines causing more than 3000 customers to lose electrical service. Towns particularly hard hit included Chocorua, Tamworth, Chatham, Wakefield, New Durham, Middleton, Brookfield and Milton.
Where it happened
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- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
Gusty winds from strong thunderstorms downed trees and branches onto power lines causing more than 3000 customers to lose electrical service. Towns particularly hard hit included Chocorua, Tamworth, Chatham, Wakefield, New Durham, Middleton, Brookfield and Milton.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Strafford
- When
- July 3, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Strafford County, New Durham
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -71.170
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, July 3, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 3, 1997
- Heat in Florida, July 3, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, July 3 to 21, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, July 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Tornado in Massachusetts, July 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, July 3, 1997
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, July 1997
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: 5624988, 5624987.