Heat — Eastern Dutchess, New York

2024-06-22 · Eastern Dutchess, New York

Wider weather episode

June 22, 2024 was the fifth day in the stretch of hot, humid conditions and, like the day prior, only featured such conditions in the lower Mid-Hudson Valley. Heat index (or feels like temperatures) reached between 95 and 102 degrees across eastern Ulster and Dutchess Counties.

A stationary boundary was draped across northern portions of eastern New York (southwest Adirondacks and Upper-Hudson Valley), creating a warm sector for areas to the south. Decent instability paired with requisite shear and steep low-level lapse rates allowed scattered showers and thunderstorms, some of which became severe, to develop. Severe storms primarily occurred in the Eastern Catskills and Mid-Hudson Valley, resulting in several reports of downed trees and wires. Additionally, an isolated thunderstorm in Herkimer County resulted in the occurrence of an EF1 tornado. The tornado touched down near West Winfield and followed along a path of 1.96 miles with a width of 200 yards and maximum estimated wind gusts of 100 mph. Damage consisted of detriment to a barn, destruction of a small shed and snapped and uprooted trees that fell and damaged two homes.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1188330. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.