Strong Wind, Northern St. Lawrence
- When
- May 27, 6:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern St. Lawrence forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.501, -75.116 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in New York, May 27, 2001
A storm system moved from the Great Lakes into New York State Sunday evening, May 27th. Associated rainfall saturated the soil and gusty winds resulted in a few trees down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $5,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A storm system moved from the Great Lakes into New York State Sunday evening, May 27th. Associated rainfall saturated the soil and gusty winds resulted in a few trees down. Specifically, in Ogdensburg NY, a tree was reported down on 2 different roads around 617 PM EST (717 PM EDT)...and a tree was leaning against a house around 650 PM EST (750 PM EDT).
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 27, 12:50 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 12:50 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 150 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2001 CUTOFF WL CONT TO PUSH EWD WITH PCN REMAINING IN THE FCST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE ONLY BREAK MAY BE ON THURSDAY WHEN A RDG BUILDS IN BRIEFLY. LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVCTV PCPN NXT CPL DAYS SO THINGS MAY DIE DOWN A BIT AT NIGHT BUT THEN FIRE UP AGAIN DURING THE DAY. TEMPS SHUD BE QUITE A BIT COOLER ON TUES AS THE UPR LVL LOW MVS N OF FA. WENT MUCH CLSR TO MAV TEMPS THAN FWC FOR TUES. HV INCLD CHC OF HAIL ACRS VT FOR TMRW AS AREA OF TSTMS ACRS WRN NY ATTM WL BE OVR VT BY THEN. .BTV...NONE. MCGILL
The radar
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
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, May 27 to 28, 2001
- Tornado in New Jersey, May 27, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 27 to 28, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Maryland, May 27, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Virginia, May 27, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, May 27 to 28, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 27 to 28, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 27, 2001
More
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 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: 5250615.