New York, 2019

Strong Wind in New York, January 24, 2019

January 24, 2019 · NWS OKX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

Strong winds occurred ahead of and behind low pressure and a cold front.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$110,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 occurred ahead of and behind low pressure and a cold front.

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 24, 6:49 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 6:49 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 3:45 AM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service New York NY
345 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-004-103>108-NYZ067>070-251000-
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Northern New London-Western Passaic-Eastern Passaic-Western Bergen-
Eastern Bergen-Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union-
Eastern Union-Orange-Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-
345 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut,
northeast New Jersey and southeast New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

CTZ009>012-NYZ071-251000-
Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-Southern Middlesex-
Southern New London-Southern Westchester-
345 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut and
southeast New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.
   Wind Advisory.
   Coastal Flood Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NJZ006-NYZ072>075-078>081-176-177-251000-
Hudson-New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-
Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwestern Suffolk-Northeastern Suffolk-
Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-Northern Queens-
Northern Nassau-
345 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast New Jersey and
southeast New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.
   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NYZ178-179-251000-
Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
345 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 PM
EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast New York.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flash Flood Watch.
   Coastal Flood Advisory.
   Wind Advisory.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-251000-
Long Island Sound East of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY-
Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY-
New York Harbor-Peconic and Gardiners Bays-
South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay-
Moriches Inlet NY to Montauk Point NY out 20 nm-
Fire Island Inlet NY to Moriches Inlet NY out 20 nm-
Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 nm-
345 AM EST Thu Jan 24 2019

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Gale Warning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

7 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Strong Wind, Northwest Suffolk

When
January 24, 9:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Northwest Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
48 kt (55 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 at Eatons Neck measured a 55 mph wind gust at 1021 am.

Strong Wind, Southern Queens

When
January 24, 10:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Queens forecast zone
Measured
32 kt (37 mph) measured sustained
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.658, -73.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at JFK International Airport measured a 37 mph sustained wind at 1155 am.

Strong Wind, Kings (Brooklyn)

When
January 24, 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
Where
Kings (Brooklyn) forecast zone
Measured
30 kt (35 mph) measured sustained
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
40.634, -73.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A mesonet station near Bay Ridge measured a 34 mph sustained wind at 1054 am.

Strong Wind, Southwest Suffolk

When
January 24, 11:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Southwest Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
48 kt (55 mph) measured gust
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.941, -72.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 55 mph wind gust was measured at Farmingdale Airport at 1131 am. A short time later, a 54 mph wind gust was reported at Islip MacArthur Airport around 133 pm. Sustained winds of 38 mph were measured at Islip MacArthur Airport at 131 pm.

Strong Wind, Southern Nassau

When
January 24, 11:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Nassau forecast zone
Measured
27 kt (31 mph) measured sustained
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
40.732, -73.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A mesonet station in Freeport measured a 31 mph wind gust at 1209 pm.

Strong Wind, Southeast Suffolk

When
January 24, 12:00 PM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Southeast Suffolk forecast zone
Measured
46 kt (53 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 at Shinnecock measured a 53 mph wind gust at 1233 pm. The ASOS at Shirley, Brookhaven Airport reported a 52 mph wind gust at 152 pm. Sustained winds of 36 mph were measured at Shirley Airport at 153 pm.

Strong Wind, Richmond (Staten Is.)

When
January 24, 2:00 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where
Richmond (Staten Is.) forecast zone
Measured
30 kt (35 mph) measured sustained
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
40.583, -74.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A mesonet station near Bayonne measured a 35 mph sustained wind at 354 pm.

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

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 803583, 803593, 803608, 803579, 803597, 803582, 803600.