Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 16, 5:30 PM EST to 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Essex County, Concord to Lunenburg
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -71.880
Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 16, 1998
A warm and moist airmass was in place across Vermont ahead of a cold front. Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms developed with locally torrential rainfall.
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
- $15,000
- 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.
A warm and moist airmass was in place across Vermont ahead of a cold front. Late afternoon and evening thunderstorms developed with locally torrential rainfall. Strong winds associated with these thunderstorms resulted in numerous downed tree limbs with power outages between the Vermont towns of Concord and Lunenburg.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, July 16 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 16, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 16, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 16, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 16, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 16, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 16, 1998
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 16, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 16, 1998
- Hail in Colorado, July 16, 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: 5669177.