High Wind, Eastern Essex
- When
- November 10, 5:00 PM EST to November 11, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Essex forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, November 10 to 11, 1998
A strong storm system in the western Great Lakes region Tuesday (November 10, 1998) moved into southern Canada late Tuesday night and Wednesday (November 11, 1998). Strong southerly winds occurred across the area Tuesday evening into early Wednesday before shifting to the west Wednesday.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- 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 BTV wrote it up.
A strong storm system in the western Great Lakes region Tuesday (November 10, 1998) moved into southern Canada late Tuesday night and Wednesday (November 11, 1998). Strong southerly winds occurred across the area Tuesday evening into early Wednesday before shifting to the west Wednesday. Across Essex county, strong winds blew down several trees and power lines with power outages reported. The winds were strongest in eastern portions of the county, with a metal storage building blown off its foundation in Elizabethtown during the overnight hours.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Essex
- When
- November 10, 5:00 PM EST to November 11, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.117, -73.773 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10 to 11, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- Tornado and High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
More
Every storm in New York in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, November 1998
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: 5670940, 5670941.