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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
842 PM EDT WED JUL 1 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR JUNE 30TH, 2026 TORNADO EVENT
LEWIS COUNTY TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.63 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/30/2026
START TIME: 02:00 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 W CROGHAN / LEWIS COUNTY / NY
START LAT/LON: 43.9011 / -75.4486
END DATE: 06/30/2026
END TIME: 02:01 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 W CROGHAN / LEWIS COUNTY / NY
END LAT/LON: 43.9005 / -75.436
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY
ACROSS LEWIS COUNTY TODAY IN RESPONSE TO NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS
ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS YESTERDAY,
JUNE 30TH.
AS A RESULT OF THIS SURVEY, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOUND A
FEW AREAS OF CONCENTRATED DAMAGE. THIS SECOND AREA WAS DETERMINED
TO BE CAUSED BY AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS IN THE
RANGE OF 95 TO 105 MPH. THE DAMAGE OCCURRED RIGHT AROUND 2 PM
LOCAL TIME ACROSS ALMOST A 3/4 MILE STRETCH OF SWISS ROAD MIDWAY
BETWEEN CASTORLAND AND CROGHAN. THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO ALMOST
PARALLELED THE ROAD IN THIS STRETCH, BUT DID CROSS AT SOME POINT AS
IT TRAVELED IN A SSE DIRECTION. CONVERGENT DAMAGE WAS NOTED ALONG
SEVERAL POINTS, AS WELL AS A GENERALLY CHAOTIC NATURE TO TREE
DAMAGE NEAR WIDMEYER CREEK. WITH ONLY A COUPLE OF STRUCTURES IN
THIS AREA, MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO TREES, BUT THE TREE DAMAGE
WAS SEVERE IN SOME SPOTS ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL
POWER POLES AND LINES WERE TAKEN DOWN, EITHER BY THE TORNADO
ITSELF OR FROM FALLING TREE AND LIMBS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EXTENDS ITS THANKS TO LOCAL MEDIA
AND LEWIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH
TODAY'S SURVEY.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
KEARNS
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