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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
553 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 2026
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/18/2026 CORTLAND COUNTY EF-0 TORNADO EVENT...
CORRECTION TO REFLECT LOCAL TIME INSTEAD OF ZULU TIME, IN ADDITION TO EARLIER
CLARIFICATIONS TO PATH LENGTH AND WIDTH OF PRIOR PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
FOR CORTLAND COUNTY TORNADO EVENT. AFTER 1.89 MILES, THE TORNADO DISSIPATED
AS IT HEADED INTO CORTLAND ITSELF, WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.
CORTLAND TORNADO PATH
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 80 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.89 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 200 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/18/2026
START TIME: 11:32 AM EDT
START LOCATION: 3 WSW CORTLAND
START LAT/LON: 42.5901 / -76.2445
END DATE: 06/18/2026
END TIME: 11:34 AM EDT
END LOCATION: 1 NNW MUNSONS CORNERS
END LAT/LON: 42.5937 / -76.2078
SURVEY SUMMARY:
AN EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN 3.4 MILES WSW OF CORTLAND
IN CORTLAND COUNTY NY AROUND 11:32 AM, MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH. TREE DAMAGE ALONG THE ROUTE WAS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF
DAMAGE, WITH A SWATH OF TREE DAMAGE SHOWING A CONVERGENT PATTERN,
WHICH IS INDICATION OF A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHING DOWN. GOING EAST
ALONG ROUTE 222, AND ALONG RESIDENTIAL STREETS SOUTH OF ROUTE
222, MULTIPLE TREES FELL IN THE EAST-NORTHEAST DIRECTION, WITH A
FEW FALLING DUE NORTH. WHERE CONVERGENT DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT WAS
JUST NORTH OF THE CORTLAND COUNTY AIRPORT, WITH A FEW TREES
FALLING IN THE SOUTHWEST DIRECTION. AMONG THE DAMAGE, SOME OF THE
MOST EXTENSIVE WAS MAINLY LARGE UPROOTED TREES AND LARGE SNAPPED
TREES. GOING FURTHER EAST-NORTHEAST, FURTHER SCATTERED TREE
DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED, BUT DID NOT SHOW A CONVERGENT PATTERN. THIS
INDICATED THAT THE BRIEF TORNADO DISSIPATED BEFORE HEADING INTO
TOWN, AND WAS RESIDUAL THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE.
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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