Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- May 6, 11:16 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Fonda
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -74.400
Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 6, 1997
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $42,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:14 UTC.
Event by event
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Saratoga
- When
- May 6, 12:05 PM EST
- Where
- Saratoga County, West Milton
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -73.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster
- When
- May 6, 12:18 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Tabasco
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 41.850, -74.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster
- When
- May 6, 12:25 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Lake Katrine
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -73.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Dutchess
- When
- May 6, 12:26 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Wappingers Falls
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -73.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster
- When
- May 6, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Bloomington
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -74.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Saratoga
- When
- May 6, 12:47 PM EST
- Where
- Saratoga County, Galway
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -74.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Saratoga
- When
- May 6, 12:47 PM EST
- Where
- Saratoga County, Ballston Spa
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -73.870
Hail, Columbia
- When
- May 6, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Columbia County, Ghent
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -73.620
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5597822, 5597823, 5597825, 5597824, 5597826, 5597827, 5597828, 5597829, 5597830.