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.

Strong Wind in BRONX, NEW YORK
From 07-OCT-09 11:18:00 to 07-OCT-09 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

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 in NORTHWEST SUFFOLK, NEW YORK
From 07-OCT-09 11:44:00 to 07-OCT-09 12:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

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 in ORANGE, NEW YORK
From 07-OCT-09 07:00:00 to 07-OCT-09 11:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 38.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

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 in SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK, NEW YORK
From 07-OCT-09 11:44:00 to 07-OCT-09 12:30:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 43.00 MG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

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 in NASSAU, NEW YORK
From 07-OCT-09 16:05:00 to 07-OCT-09 16:05:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 43.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

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

Strong Wind in QUEENS, NEW YORK
From 07-OCT-09 11:18:00 to 07-OCT-09 11:22:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 49.00 MG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
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 in KINGS (BROOKLYN), NEW YORK
From 07-OCT-09 11:18:00 to 07-OCT-09 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

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 in RICHMOND (STATEN IS.), NEW YORK
From 07-OCT-09 12:00:00 to 07-OCT-09 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

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.