Hail, Fulton
- When
- July 29, 5:52 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Perth
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -74.200
Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 1999
A strong warm front and favourable wind shear aloft allowed for some thunderstorms to become strong to locally severe across eastern New York on the evening of July 29. Thunderstorms deposited dime to nickel size hail at Perth, Fulton County as well as Billings in Dutchess county.
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
- $3,000
- 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 strong warm front and favourable wind shear aloft allowed for some thunderstorms to become strong to locally severe across eastern New York on the evening of July 29. Thunderstorms deposited dime to nickel size hail at Perth, Fulton County as well as Billings in Dutchess county. Thunderstorms produced destructive wind gusts in Gloversville, Fulton county as trees were blown down. Power lines were knocked down at St. Johnsville in Montgomery county. In addition, the storms produced heavy rainfall in excess of an inch in 15 to 30 minutes in some localities. No flooding was reported.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:51 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- July 29, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, Gloversville
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -74.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- July 29, 6:42 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, St Johnsville
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -74.670
Hail, Dutchess
- When
- July 29, 7:18 PM EST
- Where
- Dutchess County, Billings
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -73.770
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
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 29 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Texas, July 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1999
- Heat in Minnesota, July 29 to 30, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 29, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 29, 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5707244, 5707245, 5707246, 5707247.