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NWUS51 KBUF 040246
LSRBUF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1046 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
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0645 PM TORNADO 4 SE MEDINA 43.18N 78.34W
09/02/2026 ORLEANS NY NWS STORM SURVEY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO
COMPLETED A DAMAGE SURVEY ACROSS ORLEANS
COUNTY TODAY IN RESPONSE TO REPORTS OF
CONCENTRATED AREAS OF DAMAGE NEAR SHELBY
FROM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
YESTERDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND. A SEVERE SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORM MOVED INTO WESTERN ORLEANS
COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 6:30 PM PASSING JUST
SOUTH OF MEDINA. AS IT MOVED OVER EAST
SHELBY THE LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION TIGHTENED
AND A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD EAST
OF BIGFORD ROAD AND SOUTH OF MARTIN ROAD.
SEVERAL TREES WERE TOPPLED ON THE EDGES OF
THIS FIELD BEFORE THE TORNADO CROSSED OVER
EAST SHELBY ROAD CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TREE
DAMAGE ACROSS SEVERAL RESIDENCES ON THE EAST
SIDE OF THE ROAD, ALONG WITH MINOR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOME. THE TORNADO
THEN CONTINUED EASTWARD THROUGH A FORESTED
AREA WITH NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED AND FEW
SNAPPED. THE TORNADO THEN LIFTED OVER AN
OPEN FIELD WEST OF TOWNLINE ROAD.
SGK
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