New York, 2019High Wind in New York, January 21, 2019
January 21, 2019 · NWS OKX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Deep low pressure tracked to the northeast of the area.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Deep low pressure tracked to the northeast of the area.
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 Jan 20, 6:55 PM EST, 12 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 6:55 PM EST, 12 hours 5 minutes before
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</html>High Wind, Northeast Suffolk
- When
- January 21, 7:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northeast Suffolk forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 60 MPH wind gust was measured at the mesonet station on Great Gull Island at 844 am.
High Wind, Northwest Suffolk
- When
- January 21, 11:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Suffolk forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The mesonet station near Middle Island reported a wind gust up to 64 mph at 1215 pm. Another mesonet station in Eatons Neck measured a 54 mph wind gust at 435 pm.
- 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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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: 803572, 803575.