Name: High Wind in New York, November 10 to 11, 1998
Start: 1998-11-10T20:30
End: 1998-11-11T20:20
Location: New York

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $26,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 deep low pressure area moved from the plains northeast through the upper Great Lakes and then over Hudson Bay in Canada. This storm produced a steep pressure gradient over interior New York which resulted in a strong south to southwest wind during the night and early morning hours. The winds were strong enough to bring down numerous tress near Speculator in Hamilton County and several trees in the village of Middleville in Southern Herkimer County. Several trees also were blown down in Fonda in Montgomery County. In Ulster and Dutchess Counties, high winds disrupted power to nearly 2,000 customers. In Accord, Ulster County, a 60 foot sumac tree was also knocked down and narrowly missed a nearby house.

The radar

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Event by event

6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Hamilton

When: November 10, 8:30 PM EST to November 11, 8:20 PM EST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.661, -74.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Southern Herkimer

When: November 11, 2:42 AM EST
Where: Southern Herkimer forecast zone
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Montgomery

When: November 11, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.902, -74.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Western Ulster

When: November 11, 5:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where: Western Ulster forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Eastern Ulster

When: November 11, 5:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where: Eastern Ulster forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 41.888, -74.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Western Dutchess

When: November 11, 5:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where: Western Dutchess forecast zone
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 41.765, -73.743 (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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5677577, 5677578, 5677579, 5677580, 5677581, 5677582.