Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster
- When
- June 30, 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Ellenville
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -74.400
Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 30, 1998
A cold front triggered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across Dutchess and Ulster Counties. Severe thunderstorms downed trees and wires across several locations in both these counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $51,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 cold front triggered severe thunderstorms and flash flooding across Dutchess and Ulster Counties. Severe thunderstorms downed trees and wires across several locations in both these counties. Approximately 2,000 customers were without power for several hours. A thunderstorm blew a tree down on a house at Gardiner in Ulster County. Severe thunderstorms also contained large hail. Torrential rains from the storms produced flash flooding across Ulster and Southern Dutchess Counties. In Dutchess County in the Village of Wappingers Falls several basements had to be pumped out. Flooding of roadways occurred at New Preston, Hopewell Junction and Wingdale. In Ulster County, roads were flooded in Rosendale, New Paltz, Shawangunk, Marlboro and Ellenville. At Glasco, in northern Ulster country, four residents of an apartment building were evacuated due to a flooded stream that washed out part of the foundation.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
Event by event
10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster
- When
- June 30, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Marlboro
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -73.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster
- When
- June 30, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Plattekill
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -74.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster
- When
- June 30, 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Gardiner
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -74.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster
- When
- June 30, 5:55 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Ardonia
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -74.080
Hail, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:05 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Fishkill
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -73.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Fishkill
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -73.920
Hail, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Wappingers Falls
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -73.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Wappingers Falls
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -73.920
Hail, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Stormville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -73.750
Hail, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Whaley Lake
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -73.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -73.930
Hail, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Holmes
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -73.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Holmes
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -73.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -73.930
Flash Flood, Dutchess
- When
- June 30, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, South Portion
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.765, -73.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Ulster
- When
- June 30, 7:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ulster County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $16,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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: 5653849, 5653850, 5653937, 5653938, 5653939, 5653940, 5653941, 5653942, 5653943, 5653944, 5653945, 5653946, 5653947, 5653948, 5653949, 5653950, 5653951.