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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
155 PM EDT MON JUN 22 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR YATES AND SCHUYLER COUNTY EF-1 TORNADO EVENT...
UPDATE
DAMAGE PATH FOR TORNADO THAT OCCURRED ON JUNE 18 2026 HAS
BEEN UPDATED TO EXTEND EAST INTO SCHUYLER COUNTY DUE TO ADDITIONAL REPORTS
OF DAMAGE ALONG THE EAST SHORE OF SENECA LAKE.
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.68 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 10:46 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 1 W ROCK STREAM / YATES COUNTY / NY
START LAT/LON: 42.4678 / -76.9309
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 10:57 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 S HECTOR / SCHUYLER COUNTY / NY
END LAT/LON: 42.4761 / -76.8799
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF1 TORNADO HIT ROCK STREAM, NY, CROSSED SENECA LAKE AND HIT A
LAKESHORE RESIDENCE SOUTH OF HECTOR, NY DURING THE LATE MORNING
HOURS OF JUNE 18, 2026. THOUGH THERE WERE POCKETS OF MINOR TREE
DAMAGE FROM THE STORM ITSELF, TORNADIC DAMAGE STARTED AROUND READING
ROAD AT 1045 AM. THIS TORNADO STRENGTHENED TO AS MUCH AS 90 MPH FROM
OLD LAKE ROAD TO STATE ROUTE 14, AS ROTATION TIGHTENED WITH THE
STORM QUICKLY MOVING AT 50 MPH FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS INTO THE
SENECA LAKE BASIN. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED IN A CONVERGENT
CHAOTIC FASHION, AND AROUND 40 VINEYARD POSTS WERE SNAPPED. TWIGS
AND BRANCHES WERE IMPALED INTO THE GROUND AS MISSILES IN PORTIONS OF
THE VINEYARD, AND SHINGLES WERE FOUND MORE THAN A QUARTER MILE FROM
THEIR SOURCE. A GARAGE OUTBUILDING COLLAPSED, WITH SOME METAL ROOF
PEELBACK AND SIDING DAMAGE ALSO NOTED ON THE RESIDENCE WITH SMALL
BRANCHES SQUEEZING INTO GAPS. AFTER CROSSING STATE ROUTE 14 WITH A
CONTINUED CORRIDOR OF UPROOTED TREES, THE TORNADO CROSSED SENECA
LAKE AROUND 1050 AM. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NEAR THE LAKE
AT THE END OF WICKHAM RD. A LARGE TREE BRANCH WAS IMPALED INTO A
HOUSE AND SEVERAL TREES AND NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES WERE DOWNED.
THE NWS BINGHAMTON OFFICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK IMPACTED RESIDENTS
AND VINEYARD FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING THIS SURVEY, WHILE
PROVIDING ACCOUNTS OF WHAT THEY OBSERVED. THANKS ALSO TO YATES
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR COORDINATION.
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.
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