Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- September 24, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Henderson
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.850, -76.183
Damaging Wind in New York, September 24, 2001
A line of thunderstorms crossed Jefferson county during the early afternoon hours. Jefferson County Sheriffs reported power and phone lines down by the thunderstorm winds in Henderson.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
A line of thunderstorms crossed Jefferson county during the early afternoon hours. Jefferson County Sheriffs reported power and phone lines down by the thunderstorm winds in Henderson.
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 Sep 24, 11:10 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 11:10 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1210 PM EDT MON SEP 24 2001 UPDATING TO TAKE OUT MRNG PERIOD AND ADJUST SOME TEMPS. .BUF...NONE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Maryland, September 24, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 24, 2001
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, September 24, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 24, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, September 24, 2001
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 24, 2001
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, September 24 to 25, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 24, 2001
- Tornado in District of Columbia, September 24, 2001
- Hail in West Virginia, September 24, 2001
- Waterspout in Florida, September 24, 2001
- Flood in Georgia, September 24, 2001
More
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, September 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: 5267664.