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.
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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 Canton, NY a wind gust to 55 knots (63 mph) was reported at 617 PM. In addition, trees and power lines were blown down in Gouverneur, Potsdam and other locations (including Edwards, NY) during the afternoon.
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, 11:04 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.
NYZ026>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-012100- AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1104 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2002 WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUED FOR ALL AREAS EAST OF THE GREEN MTNS AS STEADY PRECIP WILL CONTINUE AS EITHER SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN THRU MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE, PRECIP WILL BECOME LIGHT AND SHOWERY AND TEMPS ARE AT OR RISING ABOVE FREEZING. ZONES UPDATED TO SHOW A BIT WARMER AFTN TEMPS AND TO UP WIND SPEEDS EVENTUALLY BY LATE AFTN AND OVERNIGHT. HELD OFF ON ANY HIGH WIND WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES BUT ADDED WINDY WORDING. .BTV...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTERNOON FOR VTZ003-004-006- 007-008-010-012
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 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 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, February 2002
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: 5281146, 5281147.