Damaging Wind in New York, July 22, 2006

Name: Damaging Wind in New York, July 22, 2006
Start: 2006-07-22T04:11
End: 2006-07-22T04:11
Location: New York

July 22, 2006 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

On July 22, a quasi-stationary front lay across southern New England and the Lower Hudson Valley. A weak low pressure wave over Pennsylvania early in the day moved along this boundary.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $35,000
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.

On July 22, a quasi-stationary front lay across southern New England and the Lower Hudson Valley. A weak low pressure wave over Pennsylvania early in the day moved along this boundary. A thunderstorm over the lower Catskills shortly before daybreak became severe. It produced a wet-microburst wind gust estimated at 70 to 80 miles an hour. The wind blew down about 30 trees, destroyed a car, and damaged 2 homes.

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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 2:44 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:44 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:11 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ulster

When: July 22, 4:11 AM EST
Where: Ulster County, Ellenville
Measured: 75 kt (86 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $35,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 41.717, -74.400

A National Weather Service survey team determined that a wet microburst occurred in Ellenville. The strong wind blew down about 30 trees, damaging 2 homes and destroying a car. The estimated cost of the damage was 35 thousand dollars.

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

Every storm in New York in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, July 2006

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: 5521604.