Tornadoes in New York State
NOTE: THIS BLOG ENTRY WAS CREATED ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 30TH, 2006. THE BLOG COMPUTER REGISTERED THIS AS JULY 1ST BECAUSE THAT COMPUTER RUNS IN "Z" TIME
The western New York State area has been pummeled this afternoon and evening by two areas of severe thunderstorms. Blog reader Mike reports tonight:
2 TORNADOS SIGHTED IN CHEEKTOWAGA NY, AND A WATER SPOUT IN ANGOLA, NY
TORNADIC STORM NEAR CHEEKTOWAGA, NEW YORK
The NWS office in Buffalo issued 2 Tornado Warnings:
AT 253 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER THE TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA... THERE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF A TORNADO
AT 433 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF CARTHAGE... OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF FORT DRUM... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
There were three tornado spotter reports, but only one was confirmed and made it to the daily NWS reports on the StormMatrix:
3:04 PM - County official reports a tornado near Walden (Erie County) moving southeast
3:11 PM - The public reports several trees down twisted; possible tornado in Elma, NY (Erie County)
4:55 PM - A trained spotter reports many trees down, possible tornado 2 miles west of Indian River (Lewis County), NY
I was unable to confirm the water spout report in online media or NWS reports. Note the 4-5 PM report and warning are near the Fort Drum NEXRAD radar in north-central NY; the earlier reports are near Buffalo, NY.
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