Massachusetts, 2001

High Wind in Massachusetts, February 10, 2001

February 10, 2001 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$11,000
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 10, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1000 AM EST SAT FEB 10 2001

.DISC...WL CONT HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MEASURED
WIND GUST OF 63 MPH DURING LST HLF HR AT FORT EDWARD IN WASHINGTON
COUNTY. MANY REPORTS OF DAMAGE...DOWNED TREES...TREE LIMBS AND
POWERLINES ACROSS NORTHERN HLF OF FA. VAD WND PROFILE SHWG 40 KTS AT
3 K FT AND 60 KTS AT 7 K FT. BELIEVE SOM WND DAMAGE ALSO PSBL ACRS
SRN HLF OF FA THIS AFT ESPECIALLY AS WINDS BECOME MOR W-NW WHICH WL
RSLT IN CHANNELING ACRS SE CTSKLS AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. HAV LWRD
POPS CNSDRBLY WITH CHC POPS IN SRN HLF OF FA AND LIKELY POPS ACRS
NRN ZONES. DOWNSLOPING IN N-S ORIENTED VLYS SHLD RSLT IN PRTLY SUNNY
CNDTNS WITH JST CHC OF -SHSN...AREAS FM MHWK VLY N WITH BE PREFERED
AREA WITH SOM UPSLOPE EFFECTS CONTRIBUTING TO MINOR ACCMLTNS GNRLY A
DUSTING TO 2 INCHES.

HAV MADE NO CHNGS BYND FRST PD OF FCST BUT WL HAV TO CONSIDER A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY FOR A PTN OF FA TNGHT AS WNDS RMN IN 10 TO 20 MPH RNG
AND TMPS DRP BLW 10 DEG MST OF FA.

WL ISSUE UPDATE BTWN 1030 AM AND 1100 AM.

.ALY...HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
       NYZ032-033-038>043-0471>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-CTZ001-
       VTZ013-014.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 10, 9:20 AM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
920 AM EST SAT FEB 10 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0410 AM    CAROGA LAKE               NY   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   FULTON                         GUSTS 54 MPH FROM WNYT
                                          NETWORK

0415 AM    PISECO                    NY   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   HAMILTON                       LARGE TREE DOWN ON GARAGE.
                                          POWER OUTAGES.

0434 AM    GLOVERSVILLE              NY   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   FULTON                         DOWNED TREES

0444 AM    ST JOHNSVILLE             NY   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   MONTGOMERY                     DOWNED TREES FROM COUNTY
                                          SHERIFF

0444 AM    COBLESKILL                NY   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   SCHOHARIE                      GUSTS TO 58 MPH WNYT
                                          NETWORK

0515 AM    SUNDERLAND                VT   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   BENNINGTON                     GUSTS 55 MPH FROM SPOTTER

0559 AM    AMSTERDAM                 NY   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   MONTGOMERY                     GUSTS 55 MPH  WNYT NETWORK

0700 AM    LONDONDERRY               VT   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   WINDHAM                        TREES DOWN - ALSO AT
                                          WESTON

0800 AM    JEWETT                    NY   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   GREENE                         TREE DOWN

0845 AM    FLORIDA                   MA   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   BERKSHIRE                      GUST 54 MPH SPOTTER

0910 AM    FT EDWARD                 NY   NON TSTM WINDS
02/10/01   WASHINGTON                     GUST 62 MPH WNYT NETWORK

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The radar

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Berkshire

When
February 10, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Berkshire forecast zone
Property damage
$11,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.371, -73.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A strong cold front swept across western Massachusetts during the midday on Feburary 10. A steep pressure gradient, between large high pressure over the midwest and a deep trough of low pressure moving off the eastern seaboard, produced winds strong enough to cause damage in Berkshire county. A few trees were blown down in the town of Pittsfield.

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

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Every storm in Massachusetts in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, February 2001

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: 5230182.