Name: High Wind in New York, February 1, 2002
Start: 2002-02-01T17:30
End: 2002-02-01T20:30
Location: New York

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

An area of strong low pressure moved from northern New York on Friday, February 1st into eastern Canada Friday night. Strong winds impacted northern New York during the late afternoon and evening hours. In Duane, NY trees and power lines were blown down around 725 PM. In addition, trees and power lines were blown down in the Saranac Lake area around 805 PM. Additionally, a SKYWARN observer in South Bombay reported a wind gust to 48 knots (55 mph).

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 Feb 1, 4:07 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 4:07 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
407 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2002

PRECIP HAS ENDED.  WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED.  OCCLUDED
FRONT COMING THROUGH WITH INCREASING WINDS AND WARMEST TEMPS
MIXING DOWN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

SOME HIGH WINDS ALREADY REPORTED.  USED BUFKIT FORECAST SOUNDINGS
TO ISSUE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR SECTIONS OF NRN NY WHERE GREATER THAN
60 KTS WINDS FORECAST IN LOWEST 2K FT.  WIND ADVISORIES ELSEWHERE
THRU 10 PM.

COLD AND DRY ON SAT.  ALL MDLS NOW LESS AMPLIFIED WITH NEXT S/WV
FROM CANADA...SO SFC SYSTEM AND BEST CHC OF LGT SNOW STAYS NORTH
THRU SUN NGT.

SNOW SHOWERS AND QUITE COLD AND WINDY ON MONDAY WITH TROF AMPLIFYING
OFFSHORE.

NEXT CHANCE OF SNOW ON WED WITH WEAK FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST.
THEN MORE FULL LAT TROF SUGGESTS BTR CHC OF SNOW THURSDAY.  TEMPS
GENERALLY AROUND SEASONAL NORMALS THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

.BTV...HIGH WIND WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS
EVENING FOR NYZ026-027-029>031-034. WIND ADVISORY NYZ028-035

BELL

The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northern Franklin

When: February 1, 5:30 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
Where: Northern Franklin forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Southern Franklin

When: February 1, 5:30 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
Where: Southern Franklin forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.593, -74.304 (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

More

Every storm in New York in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, February 2002

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: 5281144, 5281145.