High Wind, Ontario
- When
- October 14, 9:30 AM EST
- Where
- Ontario forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.853, -77.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, October 14, 2001
Deep low pressure across Hudson Bay pulled a strong cold front across the region during the late afternoon. The strong southwest winds ahead of the cold front downed trees and power lines in Geneva, South Wales, Jamestown, Belfast and Dunkirk.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $72,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 across Hudson Bay pulled a strong cold front across the region during the late afternoon. The strong southwest winds ahead of the cold front downed trees and power lines in Geneva, South Wales, Jamestown, Belfast and Dunkirk. Scattered power outages were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Erie
- When
- October 14, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Erie forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 42.758, -78.780 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- October 14, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 42.303, -79.406 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Allegany
- When
- October 14, 10:30 AM EST
- Where
- Allegany forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.257, -78.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Chautauqua
- When
- October 14, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Chautauqua forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.303, -79.406 (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
- Tornado in Florida, October 14, 2001
- Flood in Guam, October 14, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, October 14, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, October 14, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, October 14, 2001
- Flooding in New Jersey, October 14, 2001
- Flooding in Delaware, October 14, 2001
- Hail in Illinois, October 14, 2001
- Flooding in Puerto Rico, October 14 to 15, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, October 14, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, October 14, 2001
- Flood in Indiana, October 14 to 15, 2001
More
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, October 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: 5271790, 5271791, 5271792, 5271793, 5271794.