Strong Wind, New York (Manhattan)
- When
- March 18, 1:15 PM EST
- Where
- New York (Manhattan) forecast zone
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.774, -73.970 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in New York, March 18, 1999
Northwest winds gusted from 40 to 47 mph behind a strong cold front. These winds caused a 15-foot metal rod to tumble 22 stories from the top of 1 Times Square that injured 3 women.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- 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 OKX wrote it up.
Northwest winds gusted from 40 to 47 mph behind a strong cold front. These winds caused a 15-foot metal rod to tumble 22 stories from the top of 1 Times Square that injured 3 women.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in Florida, March 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 18, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 18, 1999
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Texas, March 18 to 19, 1999
- Flooding in Arkansas, March 18 to 21, 1999
More
Every storm in New York in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, March 1999
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: 5700898.