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NWUS51 KBUF 040250
LSRBUF
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1050 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
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.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
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0729 PM TORNADO 3 E ALEXANDER 42.91N 78.20W
09/02/2026 GENESEE NY NWS STORM SURVEY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO
INVESTIGATED STORM- RELATED DAMAGE FROM A
BOWING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT ENDED UP
PRODUCING AN EF-1 TORNADO DURING THE EVENING
OF SEPTEMBER 2ND THAT AFFECTED AREAS EAST OF
ALEXANDER, NY NEAR ROUTE 20. INITIAL DAMAGE
FROM THE TORNADO WAS NOTED IN A CORN FIELD
NORTH OF ROUTE 20 BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF
BROWNS MILL ROAD. DOWNED CORN CROPS
DISPLAYED A CONVERGENT PATTERN WITH AN
INITIAL PATH WIDTH PACED AT 70 YARDS.
NEARBY, ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED
WITH MULTIPLE TREE BRANCHES BROKEN AND ONE
LARGE TREE TRUNK SNAPPED. THE DAMAGE PATH
CONTINUED SOUTHEAST TOWARD W BETHANY ROAD
WHERE BROKEN TREE BRANCHES AND ADDITIONAL
CONVERGENT SIGNATURES WITHIN A CORN FIELD
WERE OBSERVED BOTH EAST AND WEST OF THE
ROADWAY IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF ROUTE 20. IN
THE DISTANCE, UPROOTED AND LEANING TREES
WITH BRANCHES BROKEN WERE OBSERVED ALONG THE
SAME PATH SOUTH OF ROUTE 20. FARTHER TO THE
SOUTHEAST, THE SURVEY TEAM FOUND SIMILAR
TREE DAMAGE ALONG SILVER ROAD AND MILL ROAD.
A HIGHER DENSITY OF DOWNED AND SNAPPED TREES
WERE OBSERVED NEAR A RESIDENCE ALONG MILL
ROAD. THIS INCLUDED A DENSE CLUSTER OF LARGE
LOCUST TREE TRUNKS SNAPPED WITH A CONVERGENT
PATTERN THAT LED TO THE HIGH-END EF-1 RATING
FOR THIS TORNADO. SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE
CONTINUED NEAR LINDEN AND ALONG SKATES HILL
ROAD JUST NORTH OF THE GENESEE-WYOMING
COUNTY LINE.
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