High Wind in New York, February 10, 2001

Name: High Wind in New York, February 10, 2001
Start: 2001-02-10T00:14
End: 2001-02-10T03:45
Location: New York

February 10, 2001 · NWS BUF · 14 events in 14 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 14 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: $2.9 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 14

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.

Deep low pressure over the western Great Lakes moved across Ontario to Quebec and dragged a cold front across the area. Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph were reported across the area with gusts up to 76 mph recorded. The strong winds downed trees and utility lines throughout the fourteen county area. Several hundred thousand customers were without power. Roads were blocked by downed trees. There were numerous reports of property damage from the winds, mostly from trees falling on buildings and cars. Specifically, this was reported from Carthage, Jefferson county, Geneva, Ontario county, Pittsford and Honeoye Falls, Monroe county, Perry, Wyoming county, Newark, Wayne county and Salamanca, Cattaraugus county. Four 40' high masonry walls of an school pool and gymnasium under construction in Macedon, Wayne county, were toppled by the wind. Large plate glass windows were blown out in the Grant Building in Jamestown, Chautauqua county. A barn was blown down in Gorham, Ontario county. In Fairport, Monroe county, a winter carnival had to be cancelled because the high winds tore apart a large tent erected for the carnival. In Martinsburg, Lewis county, the high winds toppled a barn, killing nearly fifty head of cattle inside. Specific measured wind gusts were: 76 mph in Oswego, Oswego county, 74 mph in Sodus, Wayne county, 71 mph in Rochester, Monroe county, 66 mph in Forestville, Chautauqua county, 64 mph in Randolph, Chautauqua county, 65 mph in West Seneca, Erie county, 62 mph in Sherman, Chautauqua county, 61 mph in Alexander, Genesee county, 59 mph in Weedsport, Cayuga county, and 58 mph in Niagara Falls, Niagara county and Albion, Orleans county.

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 Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 9, 9:59 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 9:59 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
959 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001

COLD FRNT HAS JUST MOVED THROUGH DTW/TOL AREA WITH GUSTS OVR 45
KNOTS. WILL DOWNPLAY TRW THREAT IN ZN UPDATE THIS EVE BUT WILL KEEP A
RUMBLE OF THUNDER PSBL AS ADDED CNV AT EAST END OF GRT LKS COULD
CREATE ENOUGH LIFT FOR AN ISOLD TRW.

7MB RISES BEHIND FRNT OVR LK MICHIGAN AND EXPECT STRNG GUSTS ALNG AND
BEHIND COLD FRNTAL PASSAGE. WILL STAY WITH HWW FOR TNGT ALL AREAS BUT
HIGHEST WNDS SHLDNT GET TO EASTERN AREAS TIL TWD DAYBRK SAT AND DURG
SAT MRNG.

CONTINUED FFW FOR ICE JAM FLOODING ON CAZ CREEK IN ERIE COUNTY TIL
5AM AND WILL CONTINUE FFA FOR ERIE COUNTY TIL NOON SAT.

ADJUSTED MIN TEMPS UP A BIT CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS BASED ON TIMING
OF COLD FRNTAL PASSAGE.

NO CHANGES TO REST OF FCST.

WRKZFP AVBL. WILL RUN ZNS SHORTLY.

.BUF...HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT NYZ001-002-010>012-019>021
       HIGH+ WIND WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING
            NYZ003>008-013-014
       FLOOD WATCH UNTIL NOON SATURDAY NYZ010.

PACE

The radar

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Event by event

14 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Genesee

When: February 10, 12:14 AM EST
Where: Genesee forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 43.001, -78.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Erie

When: February 10, 12:15 AM EST
Where: Erie forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph)
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 42.758, -78.780 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Niagara

When: February 10, 12:16 AM EST
Where: Niagara forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 43.173, -78.691 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Orleans

When: February 10, 12:41 AM EST
Where: Orleans forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 43.251, -78.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Chautauqua

When: February 10, 12:41 AM EST
Where: Chautauqua forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 42.303, -79.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wyoming

When: February 10, 1:30 AM EST
Where: Wyoming forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 42.702, -78.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wayne

When: February 10, 1:56 AM EST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Measured: 64 kt (74 mph)
Property damage: $500,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 43.066, -76.978 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Cattaraugus

When: February 10, 2:02 AM EST
Where: Cattaraugus forecast zone
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.249, -78.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Monroe

When: February 10, 2:15 AM EST
Where: Monroe forecast zone
Property damage: $300,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 43.165, -77.636 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Jefferson

When: February 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 43.999, -76.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ontario

When: February 10, 3:00 AM EST
Where: Ontario forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 42.853, -77.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lewis

When: February 10, 3:15 AM EST
Where: Lewis forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.785, -75.449 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Oswego

When: February 10, 3:23 AM EST
Where: Oswego forecast zone
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph)
Property damage: $300,000
Reported by: METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
Coordinates: 43.464, -76.209 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Northern Cayuga

When: February 10, 3:45 AM EST
Where: Northern Cayuga forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 43.010, -76.574 (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

Every storm in New York in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, 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: 5233845, 5233846, 5233847, 5233848, 5233849, 5233850, 5233851, 5233852, 5233853, 5233854, 5233855, 5233856, 5233857, 5233858.