High Wind, Genesee
- When
- January 4, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Genesee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.001, -78.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, January 4, 2000
Strong winds accompanied the passage of a cold front across the area during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Trees and power lines were downed by the winds.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- $183,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 BUF wrote it up.
Strong winds accompanied the passage of a cold front across the area during the late morning and early afternoon hours. Trees and power lines were downed by the winds. In Rochester, Monroe County, a smoke stack was blown over. In Medina, Orleans County, a downed tree fell onto a house causing structural damage. Gusts of 49 mph at Niagara Falls, 51 mph at Buffalo and 55 mph at Rochester were recorded. Power outages were scattered throughout the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Livingston
- When
- January 4, 10:01 AM EST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 42.728, -77.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Monroe
- When
- January 4, 10:24 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.165, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ontario
- When
- January 4, 10:42 AM EST
- Where
- Ontario forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.853, -77.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Erie
- When
- January 4, 12:10 PM EST
- Where
- Erie forecast zone
- Measured
- 44 kt (51 mph)
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.758, -78.780 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Niagara
- When
- January 4, 12:10 PM EST
- Where
- Niagara forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.173, -78.691 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Orleans
- When
- January 4, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Orleans forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.251, -78.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Genesee
- When
- January 4, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Genesee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.001, -78.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- January 4, 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.303, -79.406 (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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 4 to 5, 2000
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in New Hampshire, January 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 4 to 31, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 4, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 4 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 4 to 5, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, January 4, 2000
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 4 to 5, 2000
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 4, 2000
- Flooding in Ohio, January 4, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, January 2000
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: 5130928, 5130929, 5130994, 5130995, 5130927, 5130996, 5130997, 5130998, 5130999.