Deep low pressure over Lake Superior tracked slowly eastward to Quebec. A tight pressure gradient around the low produced strong winds over extreme western New York.
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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.
The episode as NWS BUF wrote it up.
Deep low pressure over Lake Superior tracked slowly eastward to Quebec. A tight pressure gradient around the low produced strong winds over extreme western New York. The winds downed trees and power lines across the area. In Buffalo, a large falling tree crushed a minivan injuring the two occupants. Damage was reported in Buffalo, Lockport, and Royalton.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, October 2001
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: 5271799, 5271800, 5271801, 5271802.