Thunderstorm Wind, Saratoga
- When
- July 23, 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Saratoga County, Edinburg
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.220, -74.100
Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 23, 1998
A weak cold front moving southeast across New York State interacted with a very humid air mass in place. The result was scattered severe thunderstorms in Saratoga and Washington Counties.
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
- $19,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
A weak cold front moving southeast across New York State interacted with a very humid air mass in place. The result was scattered severe thunderstorms in Saratoga and Washington Counties. The storms brought down trees and powerlines in various portions of these counties. Nickel size hail fell in Malta. The storms also produced damage from frequent lightning strikes.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Saratoga
- When
- July 23, 7:25 PM EST
- Where
- Saratoga County, Galway
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -74.030
Hail, Saratoga
- When
- July 23, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Saratoga County, Malta
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -73.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Saratoga
- When
- July 23, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Saratoga County, Ballston Spa
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -73.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 23, 8:07 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Cambridge
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -73.380
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 23, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Virginia, July 23, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 23, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 23, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nevada, July 23, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 23, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 23, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 23, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 23, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, July 23, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, July 23, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5657756, 5657757, 5657758, 5657759, 5657760.