High Wind in Vermont, February 1, 2002

Name: High Wind in Vermont, February 1, 2002
Start: 2002-02-01T19:52
End: 2002-02-01T23:59
Location: Vermont

February 1, 2002 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $29,000
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 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 Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 1, 2:55 PM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 2:55 PM EST, 4 hours 57 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
255 PM EST FRI FEB 01 2002

.DISC...WL CONT WITH HIGH WIND WRNGS FOR THE ADIRONDACKS AND WIND
ADVISORIES ELSEWHERE.  GRADIENT WL TIGHTEN UP CONSIDERABLY ACRS FCST
AREA THIS EVENING...AND REACH IT/S PEAK BTWN 00Z AND 06Z.  GOOD
MIXING BEHIND FNT WL BRING STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET WINDS TO THE SFC
DURG THE EVENING.

SHWRS WL END EARLY THIS EVE AND WINDS WL INCREASE RATHER RAPIDLY...
SO HAVE INCLUDED A REST OF THE AFTN PERIOD TO COVER THIS.  FOR TNGT
HAVE FCST CLRG SKIES.  MODELS INDICATE DRYING WL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...
EVEN IN THE LOW LEVELS...AND INVERSION WL BE RATHER LOW...SO HAVE
NOT INCLUDED ANY LAKE EFFECT WX IN ANY ZONES.  ONLY THE ADIRONDACKS
HAVE A CHC OF SNOW SHWRS FOR TNGT.

MSTLY SUNNY AND STILL A BREEZY DAY SAT...BUT WINDS WL DIMINISH LATE
IN THE DAY AS A SMALL HIGH PRES RIDGE SETTLES OVER THE FCST AREA BY
EVENING.  NEXT WK SYSTEM KEEPS SPEEDING UP BASED ON MODEL FCSTS.
CLOUDS ALREADY FCST TO INCREASE SAT NIGHT...WITH CLDS/SCT SNOW SHWRS
FOR SUNDAY.

.ALY...HIGH WIND WARNING TNGT NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON
       COUNTIES.

       WIND ADVISORY TNGT ALL OTHER ZONES.

MAGLARAS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 1, 3:44 PM EST, 4 hours 8 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0343PM     FRI FEB 01 2002
#2 0000002 000
DWAT WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00636    FILE 28   SP WATERTOWN NY1220100                    FEB 01-02
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: JEFFERSON, LEWIS, OSWEGO

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ALL

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED:  1-00PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:  TREES AND UTILITY POLES/LINES DOWN
TRACTOR TRAILERS BLOWN OVER SIGNS/TRAFFIC SIGNALS DAMAGED  ROOFS OF HOMES AND
BUSINESSES DAMAGED/REMOVED THROUGHOUT THE TRI-COUNTY AREA

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/TSTORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
(X) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:  50 MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 315 782-2112

AUTH SGT ROBERT DIXON                               SHAFFREY 3-42PM

OPER - SHAFFREY,JANNA S               1542

Local storm report, Feb 1, 3:54 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0352PM     FRI FEB 01 2002
#1 0000001 000
AHQT WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00678    FILE 28   SP BATAVIA NY1180100               FEB 01-02   ADDED
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER

                          WINTER STORM REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: NIAGARA

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):

HEAVY SNOWFALL INFORMATION:
      SNOWFALL BEGAN:   :    M  ST LOCAL TIME
 SNOWFALL SINCE 7 AM:     INCHES
ESTIMATED VISIBILITY:        MILE(S)
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED:     MPH
ROADS/AREAS AFFECTED:

  SNOWFALL LAST HOUR:     INCHES
          SNOW ENDED:   :    M  ST LOCAL TIME

OTHER WINTER PERCIPITATION INFORMATION:
FREEZING RAIN:
( ) - NO ACCUMULATION     (X) - DANGEROUS ON ROADS
(X) - ACCUMULATION TREES  (X) - TREES DAMAGED
(X) - ACC. POLES/WIRES    (X) - POLES/WIRE DAMAGED
IF ACCUMULATION, NUMBER OF INCHES: 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH
DETAILS IF DAMAGE: TREES AND WIRES DOWN, NUMEROUS ROADS BLOCKED BY TREES
AND WIRES

RAIN/SNOW MIXED:
( ) - NO ACCUMULATION      ( ) - ACCUMULATION -      INCHES

AREAS REPORTING FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN/SNOW MIXED: NIAGARA COUNTY

SLEET REPORTED AT:

OTHER REMARKS (INCLUDING DEATHS OR INJURIES):

NIAGARA COUNTY HAS TRAVEL ADVISORY
TRAVEL BANS IN CITY OF LOCKPORT AND NORTH TONAWANDA

NIAGARA COUNTY HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY

AUTH PHONE #: 585 344-6200

AUTH MAJOR MICHAEL F MCMANUS                        HARTMAN  3-55PM

OPER - HARTMAN,KATHRYN M              1552

Local storm report, Feb 1, 4:30 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP D
0428PM     FRI FEB 01 2002
#1 0000001 000
DNOS WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00686    FILE 28   SP NORTH SYRACUSE NY1330100               FEB 01-02
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: ONONDAGA

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ALL

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: APPROX 1PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TREES AND UTILITY POLES/LINES DOWN/POWER
OUTAGES, SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS OUT OR DOWN

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/TSTORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:  50 MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED:  0       NUMBER INJURED: 0

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 315 455-2826

AUTH SGT J TRACY CASS       MCAVOY   427PM

OPER - CARY,LOIS P                    1628

The radar

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Bennington

When: February 1, 7:52 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Bennington forecast zone
Property damage: $29,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.036, -73.093 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The storm that had brought the ice and snow to southern Vermont on January 31, rapidly deepened as it moved east into the Gulf of Maine by late February 1. A steep pressure gradient, between that low and a high pressure ridge over the Ohio Valley, resulted in a high wind event across portions of extreme southern Vermont, namely Windham County. Residual ice buildup made that much easier for the wind to bring down trees. Trees, and even some power lines, were reported down in the towns of Newfane and Jamaica.

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 Vermont in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, 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: 5283018.