New York, 2009

Strong Wind in New York, November 27 to 28, 2009

November 27 to 28, 2009 · NWS OKX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Strong winds developed between a deep low pressure system northeast of Maine and a strong high pressure system over the Southeast United States. Peak wind gusts ranged from 40 mph to 55 mph.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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.

Strong winds developed between a deep low pressure system northeast of Maine and a strong high pressure system over the Southeast United States. Peak wind gusts ranged from 40 mph to 55 mph. They downed tree limbs and caused scattered power outages across Southeast 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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 27, 9:37 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 9:37 PM EST, 23 minutes before
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Event by event

3 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Orange

When
November 27, 10:00 PM EST to November 28, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Orange forecast zone
Measured
39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$8,000
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds combined with heavy rain downed numerous trees and power lines across Orange County causing around a thousand power outages.

Strong Wind, Rockland

When
November 27, 10:00 PM EST to November 28, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Rockland forecast zone
Measured
39 kt (45 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$8,000
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
41.152, -74.024 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds combined with heavy rain downed numerous trees and power lines across Rockland County causing around a thousand power outages.

Strong Wind, Northwest Suffolk

When
November 28, 9:30 AM EST to 10:30 AM EST
Where
Northwest Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
38 kt (44 mph) measured gust
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A peak wind gust of 44 mph was measured by a mesonet station in Huntington Station. Law enforcement reported downed tree limbs and trees in Fort Salonga and Stony Brook. A tree fell on and damaged a pickup truck in Stony Brook.

What these are

Strong Wind
Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 203557, 203558, 202461.