High Wind, Broome
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Broome forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, November 2 to 3, 1999
A powerful autumn weather system, packing wind gusts between 45 and 60 mph, tracked northeast along the Appalachian mountain chain and across the eastern shore of Lake Ontario during the late afternoon and nighttime hours. The strong winds lasted for several hours, but generally caused only widespread, minor damage on this election day.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 15 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 BGM wrote it up.
A powerful autumn weather system, packing wind gusts between 45 and 60 mph, tracked northeast along the Appalachian mountain chain and across the eastern shore of Lake Ontario during the late afternoon and nighttime hours. The strong winds lasted for several hours, but generally caused only widespread, minor damage on this election day. New York State Electric and Gas officials reported losing three major transmission lines, which knocked out power for approximately 10,000 to 15,000 central New York customers. A few election poll sites in the area were forced to operate with emergency generators and alternate light sources. A commercial radio tower near Elmira, and the partially built frame of a new church in Ithaca were toppled by the prolonged, strong winds.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
15 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Chemung
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chemung forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.141, -76.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Chenango
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chenango forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.494, -75.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cortland
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cortland forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.595, -76.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Delaware
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Madison
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.913, -75.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Oneida
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Oneida forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Otsego
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Schuyler
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Schuyler forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.394, -76.875 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Seneca
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Seneca forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.781, -76.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Oneida
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Oneida forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.242, -75.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Steuben
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Steuben forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.268, -77.384 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sullivan
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tompkins
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Tompkins forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.452, -76.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Yates
- When
- November 2, 5:00 PM EST to November 3, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yates forecast zone
- Property damage
- $33,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.633, -77.105 (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 New York, November 2, 1999
- Cold in Michigan, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, November 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alabama, November 2, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in New York, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Georgia, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Arkansas, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, November 2, 1999
More
Every storm in New York in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, November 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: 5720233, 5720234, 5722545, 5722546, 5722547, 5722548, 5722549, 5722550, 5722551, 5722552, 5722553, 5722554, 5722555, 5722556, 5722557.