New York, 2002

High Wind in New York, March 9 to 10, 2002

March 9 to 10, 2002 · NWS BTV · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

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.

A storm system moved into southern Canada Saturday, March 9th. The associated strong cold front moved across the area during the late night of March 9th and early morning hours of March 10th. Strong winds were associated with this low pressure system and strong cold front during the late night of March 9th and early morning of March 10th. In the town of South Bombay, New York, winds were estimated at 64 mph (56 knots). In addition, trees and power lines were reported blown down in Saranac, NY with a tree blown down in Gabriels, NY.

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 9, 9:25 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 9:25 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
925 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002

...VRY STG CD FNT WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO AFFECT FA BTWN 03Z-09Z
TNGT...

CRNT (02Z): STG CD FNT MVG ACRS WRN NY BTWN KSYR-KROC AND ACRS LAKE
ONTARIO. KBUF WITNESSED 53KTS WND GUSTS WITH FROPA AND TMPS HAVE
CRASHED WITH 64F AT 00Z AND 34F AT 0115Z AND SNOWING

SPC HAS ISSUED SVR TSTM WATCH FOR CENT/WRN NY WITH FRINGE BARELY
TOUCHING NRN NY CTYS. I CHOSE TO OPT OUT OF WATCH GIVEN HIGH WND
WRNG ALRDY IN AFFECT FOR THOSE CTYS AND MVMNT OF LINE OVR COOL
LAKE ONTARIO AND A FEW MORE HRS AFT MAX HEATING INLAND SHLD HELP
STABILIZE AIRMASS A BIT AHD OF LINE. VRY LTL IN THE WAY OF
LIGHTNING AND KBUF RPTS WND DAMAGE DUE TO NON-TSTM WNDS...THUS HIGH
WND WRNGS SHLD HNDL SITUATION. STG WNDS ASSOC WITH FNT MORE DUE TO
STRENGTHENING JET MVG BEHIND CD FNT AND DELIVERING STG CAA AND AFT
FROPA ALLOWING FOR STG MIXING AND THUS STG WNDS OVRNGT.

WTR VPR LOOP SHWG STG JET CORE ENTERING WRN NY ATTM AND IR IMAGERY
SHWG COOLING TOPS OVR CENT NY INDICATING MID-LVL LIFT...SUGGESTING
MAINTAINING STRENGTH INTO NRN NY WHICH WL LKLY PROVIDE INITIAL
FOCUS FOR PSBL DAMAGING WINDS AS JET CORE TO TRANSPORT DOWN TO SFC.

IVE ALRDY PUT CHC TSRA IN FCST ALONG WITH UPDATED NPWBTV AND
NOWBTV FORTH COMING TO HNDL EVENT. PRVS FCSTRS HAVE DONE XCLNT
JOB AND ONLY CHGS WERE COSMETIC.

.BTV...HIGH WIND WRNG TNGT THRU SUN MRNG NYZ026-027-029>031-034.
       WIND ADVISORY TNGT THRU SUN MRNG VTZ001-002-005-009-
       NYZ028-035.

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Northern Franklin

When
March 9, 11:00 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
Where
Northern Franklin forecast zone
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.593, -74.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Southern Franklin

When
March 10, 1:30 AM EST to 3:15 AM EST
Where
Southern Franklin forecast zone
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
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.

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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: 5285433, 5285434.