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NWUS51 KBUF 051758
LSRBUF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
158 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TORNADO 2 E WEBSTER 43.22N 77.38W
09/02/2026 MONROE NY NWS STORM SURVEY
EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 105 MPH,
PATH LENGTH OF 3.23 MILES, AND WIDTH OF 130
YARDS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
BUFFALO COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY ACROSS
EASTERN MONROE COUNTY AND WESTERN WAYNE
COUNTY TODAY IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF
CONCENTRATED AREAS OF DAMAGE NEAR WEBSTER
AND ONTARIO FROM A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND.
EMBEDDED LOW LEVEL ROTATION WITHIN A SQUALL
LINE MOVED THROUGH WEBSTER SHORTLY BEFORE
7:30 PM, AND A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE
VICINITY OF SALT ROAD JUST NORTH OF ROUTE
104 AS EVIDENCED BY SEVERAL SNAPPED SOFTWOOD
TREES. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED ROUTE 104 AS
IT HEADED SOUTHEASTWARD, WITH ANOTHER AREA
OF CONCENTRATED DAMAGE NOTED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF BASKET ROAD AND RIDGE ROAD.
HERE SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES WERE SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, AND A FEW POWER POLES WERE KNOCKED
DOWN. THE TORNADO THEN CONTINUED TO THE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH OPEN FIELDS UNTIL
ENCOUNTERING A SMALL SUBDIVISION JUST WEST
OF COUNTY LINE ROAD. HERE THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED WITH ROOF
UPLIFT, CONSIDERABLE SHINGLE LOSS, AND
SIDING DAMAGE ON A FEW HOMES ON HALESWORTH
LANE AND BANNERWOOD DRIVE. NUMEROUS TREES IN
THE SUBDIVISION WERE ALSO SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED. ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS SEEN
ALONG FOXWORTH DRIVE, AND THEN THE TORNADO
TRAVELED THROUGH A LARGE FORESTED AREA WITH
NO ROAD ACCESS. FINALLY, THE TORNADO EMERGED
ALONG NORTH LINCOLN ROAD JUST NORTH OF
WHITNEY DRIVE, AND PRODUCED EXTENSIVE TREE
DAMAGE AT A LARGE PROPERTY WHERE NUMEROUS
MATURE TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED,
BEFORE LIFTING JUST EAST OF THIS AREA.
SGK
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