High Wind, Northern Franklin
- When
- October 25, 8:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Franklin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New York, October 25, 2001
A storm system moved from the western Great Lakes region into southern Canada during Thursday, Oct 25th. The associated cold front moved across New York State during the morning of Oct 25th.
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
- $50,000
- 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 western Great Lakes region into southern Canada during Thursday, Oct 25th. The associated cold front moved across New York State during the morning of Oct 25th. Strong winds followed the front. Across northern Franklin county of New York, trees were blown down damaging cars in Malone, NY. In addition, in northern Franklin county, trees and power lines were blown down in the towns of Burke, Constable and Chateaugay. Otherwise, across the remainder of northern New York winds gusted to between 30 and 40 mph with no damage reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind in Ohio, October 25 to 26, 2001
- High Wind in Illinois, October 25, 2001
- High Wind in New York, October 25, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, October 25 to 26, 2001
- Winter Storm and Strong Wind in Wisconsin, October 25 to 26, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, October 25, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, October 25, 2001
- Strong Wind in Illinois, October 25, 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: 5271881.