New York, 2007

High Wind in New York, November 3, 2007

November 3, 2007 · NWS OKX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Remnants of Hurricane Noel passed 200 miles to the Southeast of Montauk Point, as they were beginning to develop into a potent extra-tropical cyclone. They spread winds of 40-45 mph with gusts to 50-55 mph, knocking down trees and power lines across southern portions of Suffolk County.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 OKX wrote it up.

Remnants of Hurricane Noel passed 200 miles to the Southeast of Montauk Point, as they were beginning to develop into a potent extra-tropical cyclone. They spread winds of 40-45 mph with gusts to 50-55 mph, knocking down trees and power lines across southern portions of Suffolk County.

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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 3, 12:14 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 12:14 PM EST, 1 minute before
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Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Southeast Suffolk

When
November 3, 12:15 PM EST to 3:15 PM EST
Where
Southeast Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
38 kt (44 mph) measured sustained
Reported by
Other Federal Agency
Coordinates
40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained wind of 44 mph was measured at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer observing station at Shinnecock Inlet, along with a gust to 56 mph at 1515 LST.

High Wind, Southeast Suffolk

When
November 3, 2:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Southeast Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Multiple trees and utility poles knocked down across the Hamptons by estimated 50 kt wind gusts.

High Wind, Southwest Suffolk

When
November 3, 2:00 PM EST
Where
Southwest Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were blown down across Long Island Avenue, west of state Route 112, in Medford.

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.

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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: 67467, 67470, 67473.