A deepening low pressure system pushed a strong cold front across the area early in the morning of the 13th.  Behind the front, the west winds increased to be sustained between 25 and 35 mph with gusts between 45 and 55 mph.  A few winds gusts measured as high as 58 mph.   Most counties had scattered trees and wires down.  Tens of thousands of electric customers lost power due to wires and utility poles coming down.  Trees came down on houses in Elmira (Chemung County), Syracuse (Onondaga County), Cortland (Cortland County), and Jeffersonville (Sullivan County).  In Smithville (Chenango County), a live electric wire came down on a barbed wire fence.  The fence, connected to a dairy barn, became charged overloading the circuits.  The barn burned to the ground.  Inside 10 cows lost their lives.  Also lost was equipment and hay.  In Ithaca (Tompkins County), a three story building had hundreds of bricks fall off it.  The building had commercial establishments on the ground floor with apartments above.  11 people were forced to evacuate.  A two story barn in Newark Valley (Tioga County) collapsed killing a goat and many birds.  The wind pushed over a tractor trailer in Benton (Yates County).  The wind combined with snow covered roads, causing many car accidents including two deaths.

High Wind in SCHUYLER, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 52 MG
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in YATES, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 11:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 58 MG
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in TOMPKINS, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 120K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in DELAWARE, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 55 EG
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in MADISON, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 11:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 MG
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in OTSEGO, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 55 EG
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in CORTLAND, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 57 MG
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in BROOME, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 58 MG
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in CHENANGO, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 55 EG
Property damage: 220K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in NORTHERN ONEIDA, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 11:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 55 EG
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in ONONDAGA, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 11:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 56 MG
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in CHEMUNG, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 51 MG
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in SULLIVAN, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in SOUTHERN ONEIDA, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 11:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 MG
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in TIOGA, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 12:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 120K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in STEUBEN, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 11:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 30K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in SENECA, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 11:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 55 EG
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER

High Wind in SOUTHERN CAYUGA, NEW YORK
From 13-NOV-03 11:00:00 to 13-NOV-03 14:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 55 EG
Property damage: 25K
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER