Thunderstorm Wind, Bennington
- When
- July 18, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Bennington County, Rupert
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.250, -73.230
Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 18, 1999
A pre-frontal trough sparked scattered thunderstorms in a very unstable air mass around midday on July 18. Some of the storms affecting southern Vermont became locally severe.
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
- $6,000
- 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 ALY wrote it up.
A pre-frontal trough sparked scattered thunderstorms in a very unstable air mass around midday on July 18. Some of the storms affecting southern Vermont became locally severe. A severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and wires in Ruppert, Bennington County along Route 153.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:19 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 18 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Illinois, July 18 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Illinois, July 18 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 18 to 19, 1999
- Heat in Kentucky, July 18 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Kansas, July 18 to 31, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 18, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18 to 19, 1999
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 18, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Vermont in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, July 1999
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: 5707233.