Thunderstorm Wind, Rensselaer
- When
- May 24, 5:17 AM EST
- Where
- Rensselaer County, East Greenbush
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -73.700
Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, May 24, 2000
A broken line of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front late on May 24. A couple of the thunderstorm cells became strong to 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
- $9,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 broken line of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front late on May 24. A couple of the thunderstorm cells became strong to locally severe. Dime-size hail fell in Delmar, Albany county. A few trees and power lines were blown down in East Greenbush, Rensselaer county.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:17 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Albany
- When
- May 24, 5:18 AM EST
- Where
- Albany County, Delmar
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 42.617, -73.817
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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- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 24 to 25, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 24, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 24, 2000
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: 5148161, 5148160.