New York, 2001

High Wind in New York, February 10, 2001

February 10, 2001 · NWS ALY · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

A strong cold front swept across eastern New York on the morning of Feburary 10. A steep pressure gradient, between large high pressure over the midwest and a deepening low pressure trough moving off the eastern seaboard, produced winds strong enough to cause damage across portions of eastern New York.

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.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$165,000
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 ALY wrote it up.

A strong cold front swept across eastern New York on the morning of Feburary 10. A steep pressure gradient, between large high pressure over the midwest and a deepening low pressure trough moving off the eastern seaboard, produced winds strong enough to cause damage across portions of eastern New York. Trees were brought down in localized portions of northern Herkimer, western Greene, and Warren Counties. In Hamilton county, many trees were brought down by the winds. One large tree fell on top of a house garage in Piseco, and a metal roof was partially peeled from the Speculator Village Hall. Winds were clocked to 58 mph at Cobleskill, Schoharie county, 62 mph at Fort Edward, Washington county and 63 mph in Catskill,Greene county. The winds temporarily knocked out power to an estimated 15,000 customers in eastern New York, an estimated 6,000 in Warren county alone.

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, 3:45 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:45 AM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
345 AM EST SAT FEB 10 2001

.DISC...INTS CDFNT MOVG RPDLY ACROS OH VLY...THRU MST NY ERLY THIS
AM...ALL CWA BY ERLY AFTN.  UPPR SUPPRT JUST A TAD BEHIND SFC
SYSTM...SO ALL WILL PASS THRU QUICKLY.  STRONG WAA AHD OF FNT...BUT
STRNG W-NW WND & CAA BHND WILL DROP TEMPS DURNG DAY. WND WILL DIMNSH
SM TNT BUT WI CLDR AMS WND CHILLS DRPPG TO NR -10 MANY PLACES.

WILL UPGRADE TO HI WND WARNING FOR TDY AS TIGHT GRADNT RMNS BUT
SLACKENS TNT INTO SUNDAY. WRN NY SHWG WNDS SHFTG TO WLY 20 TO 40 MPH
WI GUSTS TO 60 AT ROC...50 AT UCA.  STRG GSTS MAINLY THIS AM WI
FROPA.

THRAFTR HIPRESS BLDS ACROS FA UNTIL NXT SrYSTM LT TUE AND WED ARRIVES.

ALBWRKZFP AVBL FOR COORD...

.ALY...NY ERN...HI WND WARNING TDY ALL ZNS.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northern Herkimer

When
February 10, 4:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where
Northern Herkimer forecast zone
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.420, -74.962 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hamilton

When
February 10, 4:15 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Hamilton forecast zone
Property damage
$75,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.661, -74.497 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Montgomery

When
February 10, 4:44 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where
Montgomery forecast zone
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.902, -74.440 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Schoharie

When
February 10, 4:44 AM EST
Where
Schoharie forecast zone
Measured
58 kt (67 mph)
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
42.588, -74.442 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Southern Saratoga

When
February 10, 6:59 AM EST
Where
Southern Saratoga forecast zone
Measured
59 kt (68 mph)
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
43.107, -73.864 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Warren

When
February 10, 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Property damage
$35,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.561, -73.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Western Greene

When
February 10, 8:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Western Greene forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.277, -74.123 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Eastern Greene

When
February 10, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Eastern Greene forecast zone
Measured
63 kt (72 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.277, -74.123 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Washington

When
February 10, 9:10 AM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Measured
62 kt (71 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.314, -73.431 (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.

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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: 5230175, 5230173, 5230174, 5230176, 5230177, 5230178, 5230180, 5230181, 5230179.