Strong Wind, Eastern Hampshire
- When
- July 29, 12:13 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.340, -72.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Massachusetts, July 29, 1998
A thunderstorm produced a wind gust estimated at 50 mph. It blew down some small tree limbs and one power line.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 BOX wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced a wind gust estimated at 50 mph. It blew down some small tree limbs and one power line.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 29, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Utah, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 29, 1998
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: 5665772.