Thunderstorm Wind, Orleans
- When
- July 5, 2:35 AM EST to 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Orleans County, Countywide
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -72.220
Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 5, 1999
A mesoscale convective complex consisting of a cluster of thunderstorms moved across northern New York and northern Vermont during the early morning hours of Monday, July 5th. One death occurred on Lake Salem in Derby, Vermont when a person camping in a tent on a raft was blown away by thunderstorm winds.
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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $60,000
- 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 mesoscale convective complex consisting of a cluster of thunderstorms moved across northern New York and northern Vermont during the early morning hours of Monday, July 5th. Across Orleans county Vermont, there were numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down with thousands without power.One death occurred on Lake Salem in Derby, Vermont when a person camping in a tent on a raft was blown away by thunderstorm winds. The tent became submerged and entangled in the water and the camper drowned.In the Newport area, damage resulted when trees fell on tents and campers as well as on cars and boats. In North Troy, a tree was blown onto a house. Across the county, some damage resulted when trees fell on cars.
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Orleans | 1999-07-05 | 32 | Male | Camping | Direct |
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
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Arizona, July 5 to 29, 1999
- Heat and Hail in North Carolina, July 5 to 25, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 5, 1999
- Heat in Massachusetts, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Maine, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 5, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, July 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, July 5, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 5, 1999
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Guam, July 5 to 6, 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: 5716923.