High Wind in New York, March 10, 2002

Name: High Wind in New York, March 10, 2002
Start: 2002-03-10T12:05
End: 2002-03-10T12:05
Location: New York

March 10, 2002 · NWS BTV · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A storm system moved into southern Canada Saturday, March 9th. The associated strong cold front moved across the area during the early morning hours of March 10th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 into southern Canada Saturday, March 9th. The associated strong cold front moved across the area during the early morning hours of March 10th. Strong winds were associated with this low pressure system and strong cold front during the early morning of March 10th. At Clinton County Airport (Plattsburgh, NY) winds measured by ASOS were 55 mph (48 knots).

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 Mar 10, 11:20 AM EST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 11:20 AM EST, 45 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1120 AM EST SUN MAR 10 2002

UPDATED ZONES SENT OUT...BUT CHNGS TO FCST RATHER MINOR.
INTENSE LOW CNTRD JUST EAST OF JAMES BAY WL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE
OUR WX FOR REST OF TDY INTO TONITE AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NEWRD.
STLT PICS INDICATE MSTLY CLDY SKIES ACRS FA...AND RADAR
INDICATING WDSPRD SNOW SHWRS OVR NRN ADRNDKS DUE LAKE EFFECT OFF
ONTARIO. THESE FRACTURED BANDS EXTEND INTO NRN VT. HAVE RAIED POPS A
MOST ZONES...AND INCLUDED OR RAISED SNOW ACCUM A BIT FOR MOST ZONE
GROUPINGS. TEMPS WL BE STEADY OR FALLING REST OF TDY. HAVE
INCLUDED MENTION OF HIR GUSTS.

.BTV...NONE.

RJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:40 AM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
640 AM EST SUN MAR 10 2002

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1100 PM    MASSENA                   NY   63 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/10/02   ST LAWRENCE

0130 AM    4 S SWANTON               VT   62 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/10/02   FRANKLIN

0130 AM    BURLINGTON                VT   WIND DAMAGE
03/10/02   CHITTENDEN                     UTILITY COMPANY REPORTED
                                          SCATTERED TREES DOWN
                                          COUNTY-WIDE

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northeast Clinton

When: March 10, 12:05 PM EST
Where: Northeast Clinton forecast zone
Measured: 48 kt (55 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 44.746, -73.678 (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

Every storm in New York in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, March 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: 5284730.