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EF0 tornado in Erie County, New York

Tornado September 9, 2024 · Erie County, New York

EF0

Rating

1.2 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

NWS Storm Survey team confirmed EF-0 tornadic waterspout came on land near West River Road and 3rd Avenue in Grand Island. Max winds were 85 mph, width was 75 yards, and track length was 1.2 miles.

The wider storm

A potent shortwave trough/Mesoscale Convective Vortex tracked southeast across the area, causing showers and thunderstorms for much of the Buffalo forecast area. A few of the thunderstorms became severe with tornado and wind damage, along with rain that was heavy enough to cause Flash Flooding issues.

Began near Grand Island (43.0333, -79.0102).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Genesee County EFU Jefferson County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1217423. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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