Thunderstorm Wind, Orleans
- When
- September 6, 9:20 PM EST
- Where
- Orleans County, Albany
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -72.380
Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, September 6, 1998
A cold front moved southeast from Canada across Vermont during the night of Sunday, September 6th and triggered thunderstorms. Locally strong winds and large hail accompanied a few of the storms.
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
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 cold front moved southeast from Canada across Vermont during the night of Sunday, September 6th and triggered thunderstorms. Locally strong winds and large hail accompanied a few of the storms. One inch hail fell in Craftsbury. In Albany, strong winds moved a trailer off its foundation and a shed was destroyed. In Greenboro, trees and power lines were blown down.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:19 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Orleans
- When
- September 6, 9:25 PM EST
- Where
- Orleans County, Greensboro
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -72.280
Hail, Orleans
- When
- September 6, 9:30 PM EST
- Where
- Orleans County, Craftsbury
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -72.370
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
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, September 6 to 7, 1998
- Flood and Hail in North Carolina, September 6, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Texas, September 6 to 11, 1998
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Idaho, September 6, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Vermont, September 6, 1998
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 6, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 6, 1998
- Hail in West Virginia, September 6, 1998
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, September 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5667614, 5667615, 5667613.