Hail, Montgomery
- When
- June 29, 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Charleston
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -74.350
Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 29, 1998
A warm front initiated several severe thunderstorms in Montgomery, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties. The thunderstorms blew down trees at Cobleskill in Schoharie County as well as Duanesburg in Schenectady County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $12,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 warm front initiated several severe thunderstorms in Montgomery, Schoharie and Schenectady Counties. The thunderstorms blew down trees at Cobleskill in Schoharie County as well as Duanesburg in Schenectady County. Golf ball size hail fell at Charleston in Montgomery County and quarter size hail fell at Sloansville in Schoharie County.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:02 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Schoharie
- When
- June 29, 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Schoharie County, Sloansville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -74.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Schoharie
- When
- June 29, 4:28 PM EST
- Where
- Schoharie County, Cobleskill
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -74.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Schenectady
- When
- June 29, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Schenectady County, Duanesburg
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -74.130
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, June 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 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: 5653845, 5653846, 5653847, 5653848.