Strong Wind in New York, October 7, 2009

Name: Strong Wind in New York, October 7, 2009
Start: 2009-10-07T07:00
End: 2009-10-07T16:05
Location: New York

October 7, 2009 · NWS OKX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Following the passage of a strong cold front, strong west winds developed. Peak gusts ranged from around 45 mph to 55 mph and caused scattered power outages.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Property damage: $23,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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.

Following the passage of a strong cold front, strong west winds developed. Peak gusts ranged from around 45 mph to 55 mph and caused scattered power outages.

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 Oct 6, 6:40 PM EST, 12 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 6:40 PM EST, 12 hours 20 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

8 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Orange

When: October 7, 7:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where: Orange forecast zone
Measured: 38 kt (44 mph) measured gust
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds downed trees and tree limbs and caused scattered power outages. Around 11 am EDT, police said that a tree fell on a moving car travelling west on Route 17A in Warwick. A man and woman suffered minor injuries when their car overturned. Orange and Rockland Utilities reported power outages in the town of Tuxedo.

Strong Wind, Queens

When: October 7, 11:18 AM EST to 11:22 AM EST
Where: Queens forecast zone
Measured: 49 kt (56 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: ASOS

Peak wind gusts of 56 mph was measured by ASOS at JFK Airport at 12:18 pm (EDT).

Peak wind gusts of 50 mph was measured by ASOS at LaGuardia Airport at 12:22 pm (EDT).

Tree limbs fell on a car, through a rear window and caved in the back of the roof in Queens.

In Howard Beach, a tree landed on a car on 157th Avenue and 83rd Street.

Strong Wind, Bronx

When: October 7, 11:18 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Bronx forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph) estimated gust
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 40.827, -73.924 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds downed a tree branch on a woman in the Bronx, who was taken to a hospital after receiving a minor injury to her head.

Strong Wind, Kings (Brooklyn)

When: October 7, 11:18 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Kings (Brooklyn) forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 40.634, -73.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds downed trees and tree limbs in parts of the Williamsburg and Gravesend sections of Brooklyn. In Bensonhurst, a tree fell on a house on 21st Avenue that caused structural damage. Parts of Dyker Heights reported power failures.

Strong Wind, Southwest Suffolk

When: October 7, 11:44 AM EST to 12:30 PM EST
Where: Southwest Suffolk forecast zone
Measured: 43 kt (49 mph) measured gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Peak wind gusts were measured by ASOS at:

50 mph at Islip Airport at 12:44 pm EDT|47 mph at Shirley Airport at 1:09 pm EDT|46 mph at Westhampton Beach Airport at 1:03 pm EDT.

Downed tree limbs caused scattered power outages.

Strong Wind, Northwest Suffolk

When: October 7, 11:44 AM EST to 12:30 PM EST
Where: Northwest Suffolk forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds downed trees and tree branches which resulted in scattered power outages. Most of LIPA's 20,000 power outages occurred in the town of North Hempstead, where more than 11,000 outages were reported.

Strong Wind, Richmond (Staten Is.)

When: October 7, 12:00 PM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Richmond (Staten Is.) forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 40.583, -74.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds downed trees and tree limbs onto wires and cars. Power failures were reported in the Huguenot and Huguenot Beach sections. A tree fell on the Staten Island Railway's St. George-bound train track near Grasmere station around 1:40 pm EDT.

Strong Wind, Nassau

When: October 7, 4:05 PM EST
Where: Nassau forecast zone
Measured: 43 kt (49 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Newspaper

Strong winds downed a tree on a house on Willson Avenue in Bellmore.

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

Every storm in New York in 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, October 2009

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 201136, 201086, 201115, 201129, 201088, 201135, 201087, 201089.