Strong Wind, Hillsborough
- When
- February 11, 1:00 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.915, -71.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in New Hampshire, February 11, 2001
Strong northwest winds gusted between 45 and 55 mph throughout Hillsborough County. There were no reports of wind damage.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 BOX wrote it up.
Strong northwest winds gusted between 45 and 55 mph throughout Hillsborough County. There were no reports of wind damage.
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 Boston/Norton, MA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 10, 4:50 PM EST, 20 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 4:50 PM EST, 20 hours 10 minutes before
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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
- Winter Storm and Flooding in California, February 11 to 14, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Maine, February 11, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, February 11 to 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, February 11, 2001
- Winter Storm in Georgia, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Winter Storm in California, February 11 to 12, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 11, 2001
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 11, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 11 to 12, 2001
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5231430.