High Wind, Rutland
- When
- August 21, 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rutland forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Vermont, August 21, 1997
An area of low pressure moved from the Ohio Valley on Wednesday, August 20, 1997 to just south of New England on Thursday, August 21, 1997. Heavy rain fell across Vermont during August 21, 1997 with strong winds reported along the west slopes of the Green Mountains of Vermont.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $5,000
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
An area of low pressure moved from the Ohio Valley on Wednesday, August 20, 1997 to just south of New England on Thursday, August 21, 1997. Heavy rain fell across Vermont during August 21, 1997 with strong winds reported along the west slopes of the Green Mountains of Vermont. Strong winds with power outages were reported in the Lake Dunmore area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 21, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, August 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 21, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, August 21 to 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997
- Tornado in Colorado, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, August 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5622532.