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NWUS51 KBUF 040243
LSRBUF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1043 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
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0607 PM TORNADO OLCOTT 43.34N 78.71W
09/02/2026 NIAGARA NY NWS STORM SURVEY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO
COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY ACROSS NIAGARA
COUNTY TODAY IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF
CONCENTRATED AREAS OF DAMAGE NEAR OLCOTT
FROM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
YESTERDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND. A SEVERE SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORM, THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY
SIGHTED HAVING A WATERSPOUT, MOVED ONSHORE
OVER OLCOTT IN NORTHERN NIAGARA COUNTY
SHORTLY AFTER 6 PM. IT IS UNCLEAR BASED ON
THE SHORELINE DAMAGE IF THE WATERSPOUT MOVED
ONSHORE, BUT ABOUT ONE BLOCK INLAND ALONG
MAIN STREET, SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WAS
OBSERVED AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE CONFIDENT
THE TORNADO STARTED. THE TORNADO THEN
CONTINUED SOUTH-SOUTHEASTWARD CROSSING THE
GREAT LAKES SEAWAY TRAIL AND ENTERED THE
SOUTHERN PORTION OF KRULL PARK WHILE ALSO
PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE ALONG ALTHEA STREET.
DRONE VIDEO OBTAINED BY NIAGARA COUNTY
EMERGENCY SERVICES INDICATED LARGE SWIRLS IN
THE OPEN GRASS SOUTH OF THE ENTRANCE, WHICH
LED TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE
WHERE A WHOLE STAND OF MATURE PINE TREES
WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. THE TORNADO THEN
WEAKENED SOUTHEAST OF HERE WITH SPORADIC
TREE DAMAGE OBSERVED AND LIKELY LIFTED JUST
EAST OF THE PARK.
SGK
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