000 NOUS41 KBUF 152032 PNSBUF NYZ010-019-020-085-160445- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 332 PM EST TUE NOV 15 2011 ...MULTIPLE TORNADOES CONFIRMED ON NOV 14 2011... ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR FREDONIA IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEW YORK... LOCATION...FREDONIA IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEW YORK DATE...NOV 14 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...454-505 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105-115 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...125 YDS PATH LENGTH...4.6 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...42.4463N/79.4279W ENDING LAT/LON...42.4429N/79.3391W * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...NONE * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR FREDONIA IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEW YORK ON NOV 14 2011. THE TORNADO FORMED OVER LAKE ERIE AND MOVED ONSHORE ON BEACH PLACE IN FREDONIA. THERE IT RIPPED SHINGLES OFF TWO HOMES. ONE TREE FELL ON A HOME. THE SCREEN FROM THE VAN BUREN DRIVE IN WAS BLOWN OVER. SEVERAL PINE TREES WERE TOPPED ALONG VAN BUREN DRIVE. ALSO ON VAN BUREN DRIVE A BARN WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST ACROSS FAREL ROAD EIGHT POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED. ADDITIONAL TREES WERE TOPPED AS THE TORNADO MOVED TOWARD THE VILLAGE OF FREDONIA. A GARAGE WAS DESTROYED NEAR THE CORNER OF UNIVERSITY PARK AND RISLEY STREET. A FEW MORE TREES WERE TOPPED NEAR CENTER STREET BEFORE THE FINAL LIFTOFF. ALTHOUGH THE PATH LENGTH WAS OVER FOUR MILES, THE TORNADO WAS NOT ON THE GROUND THE ENTIRE TIME. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/BUF. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. && ...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR WESTFIELD IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEW YORK... LOCATION...WESTFIELD IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEW YORK DATE...NOV 14 2011 ESTIMATED TIME...505-515 PM EST MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF2 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...105-115 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...120 YDS PATH LENGTH...3.0 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON... 42.3024N/79.5929W ENDING LAT/LON... 42.3095N/79.5366W * FATALITIES...NONE * INJURIES...NONE * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA. ...SUMMARY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BUFFALO NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR WESTFIELD IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY NEW YORK ON NOV 14 2011. A TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON MUNSON STREET IN WESTFIELD WHERE A ONE-FOOT DIAMETER TREE WAS TOPPED ABOUT EIGHT FEET OFF THE GROUND. THE TORNADO MOVED WEST ACROSS COUNTY TOURING ROUTE 21. ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET HALF OF A POLE BARN WAS DESTROYED. A MAN INSIDE THE BARN AT THE TIME WAS NOT INJURED. ACROSS THE STREET A THREE STORY BARN WAS DESTROYED. SEVERAL VEHICLES AND BOATS STORED IN THE BARN WERE DAMAGED. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED SOUTH GALE STREET. THREE OUTBUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED. TWO PEOPLE RODE OUT THE STORM IN A NEARBY VAN AND WERE NOT INJURED. FURTHER ALONG A BARN WAS DESTROYED ON MARTIN WRIGHT ROAD. SEVERAL LARGE HARDWOODS WERE SNAPPED AND TWISTED. ALSO ON MARTIN WRIGHT ROAD A HOME WAS DESTROYED. THE ATTACHED GARAGE AND BACK WALL WERE RIPPED OFF. AFTER THE FRONT WINDOW WAS BROKEN ON THE HOME THE OPPOSITE WALL WAS BLOWN OUT. TWO PEOPLE WERE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT INJURED. THE HOME HAS BEEN DEEMED UNINHABITABLE. A FEW MORE TREES WERE TOPPED JUST WEST OF THE HOME BEFORE THE TORNADO LIFTED. ALTHOUGH THE PATH LENGTH WAS THREE MILES, THE TORNADO WAS NOT ON THE GROUND THE ENTIRE TIME. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/BUF. FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH. EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH. EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH. EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH. EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH. EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH. $$ LEVAN/FISHER |