Thunderstorm Wind, Sullivan
- When
- July 4, 7:58 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan County, Langdon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.167, -72.383
Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, July 4, 2001
Winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and wires in the town of Langdon.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
Winds from a severe thunderstorm knocked down trees and wires in the town of Langdon.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 4, 7:45 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 7:45 PM EST, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 845 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2001 WILL NOT BE ISSUING ZONE UPDATE THIS EVE. ZONES LOOK TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. WILL CONCENTRATE ON POSSIBLE SVR WX. HAVE BEEN CLOSE TO PULLING THE TRIGGER ON A COUPLE OF CELLS BUT THEY HAVE BEEN MARGINAL. NOW LOOKING AT CELLS MOVING INTO SULLIVAN COUNTY THAT PRODUCED 1.25 INCH HAIL IN BENNINGTON CTY VT. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. .GYX...NIL TFH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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 and Drought in Oklahoma, July 4 to 31, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2001
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, July 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 4, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 4, 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 4, 2001
- Tornado in Kentucky, July 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 4, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, July 4, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 4, 2001
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: 5262400.