High Wind in Vermont, February 1, 2002

Name: High Wind in Vermont, February 1, 2002
Start: 2002-02-01T19:00
End: 2002-02-01T22:00
Location: Vermont

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

An area of strong low pressure moved from northern New York on Friday, February 1st into eastern Canada Friday night. Strong winds impacted Windsor County of Vermont during the late evening hours.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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 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 Windsor County of Vermont during the late evening hours. Trees and power lines were blown down in the towns of Weston, Cavendish, Springfield and Royalton. Portions of Rte 131 was closed. Power was reported out to a number of customers.

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, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 4:07 PM EST, 2 hours 53 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

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Windsor

When: February 1, 7:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Windsor forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

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: 5281209.