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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
849 AM EDT SUN SEP 6 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2, 2026 THUNDERSTORM WIND
EVENT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY
IN EASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY IN THE TOWN OF HARTLAND TO INVESTIGATE
DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EARLY EVENING OF SEPTEMBER
2ND.
DAMAGE FOUND WAS CONSISTENT WITH THUNDERSTORM WINDS FROM A
MICROBURST, WITH PEAK WIND SPEEDS ESTIMATED AT 90 TO 95 MPH. THE
AREA OF DAMAGE BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 148 AND SEAMAN
RD WITH ONE UPROOTED TREE AND NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS DOWN. THE AREA
OF DAMAGE PROGRESSED SOUTHEAST AND PEAKED ALONG BRADLEY RD JUST
WEST OF JOHNSON CREEK RD. ABOUT A DOZEN TREES WERE UPROOTED AND
SNAPPED ON TWO PROPERTIES IN THIS LOCATION. MOST OF THE TREES WERE
SOFTWOOD, CONSISTING OF PINES AND POPLAR. ONE LARGE HARD MAPLE
TREE WAS SNAPPED. ALL OF THE TREES WERE LAYING DOWN TO THE
SOUTHEAST IN THE DIRECTION OF STORM MOTION, AND IN ONE AREA THE
TREE DAMAGE WAS SLIGHTLY DIVERGENT, SUPPORTING THE THUNDERSTORM
WIND FINDING. ANOTHER AREA OF UPROOTED AND SNAPPED TREES WAS FOUND
IN THE WOODS JUST WEST OF JOHNSON CREEK RD. THE DAMAGE DIMINISHED
IN INTENSITY SOUTHEAST OF THIS LOCATION, WITH A FEW TREE LIMBS AND
SMALL TREES DOWN ALONG DRUM RD.
THE SURVEY TEAM ALSO STOPPED AT SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS
IN NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTY ALONG THE PATH OF THE SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORM, INCLUDING AT SHELBY CENTER. DAMAGE IN THESE AREAS
CONSISTED OF DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS, AND WAS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH
STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
PEAK WIND: 90 TO 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 9/2/2026
START TIME: 6:20 PM EDT
START LOCATION: TOWN OF HARTLAND, NY
START LAT/LON: 43.2819 -78.5489
END DATE: 9/2/2026
END TIME: 6:24 PM EDT
END LOCATION: TOWN OF HARTLAND, NY
END LAT/LON: 43.2672 -78.5188
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
HITCHCOCK
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