BUFLSRBUF
Issued at: 330 PM EDT MON APR 29 2002
Issued by: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO, NY
...WEAK TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ERIE COUNTY...
A TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYING STORM DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HAS DETERMINED THAT A WEAK TORNADO DID BRIEFLY
TOUCH DOWN IN ERIE COUNTY AROUND 250 PM IN THE TOWN OF CONCORD.
DAMAGE CONSISTED OF A PORTION OF THE BACK AND ROOF OF AN OUTBUILDING
BLOWN AWAY, A PIER TOSSED ACROSS A POND AND TREE DAMAGE. THE DAMAGE
PATH LENGTH WAS LESS THAN A MILE AND THE WIDTH WAS ESTIMATED AT 25
YARDS. IT WAS RANKED AN F0 ON THE FUJITA SCALE WITH WINDS ESTIMATED
BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH.
...TORNADO CONFIRMED IN ALLEGANY COUNTY...
A TEAM OF METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYING STORM DAMAGE WHICH OCCURRED
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HAS DETERMINED THAT A TORNADO DID INDEED TOUCH
DOWN IN ALLEGANY COUNTY BETWEEN 350 AND 400 PM.
THE TEAM NOTED THAT THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN NEAR TIBBITS HILL
ROAD IN THE TOWN OF BELFAST. THE PATH LENGTH EXTENDED ABOUT 6.5
MILES INTO THE TOWN OF ANGELICA AT WHICH POINT THE STORM WEAKENED.
THE PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 300 YARDS.
THE GREATEST STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED NEAR WHITE CREEK ROAD IN
BELFAST WHERE A TWO STORY HOME, GARAGE, AND BARN WERE DESTROYED.
OTHER DAMAGE NOTED BY THE SURVEY TEAM ALONG THE PATH INCLUDED A
SILO, A SECOND BARN, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO A SECOND HOME WHERE THE
WIND RIPPED THE SIDING FROM THE OUTER WALL. THE TEAM DETERMINED THAT
THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF AN F2 TORNADO ON THE FUJITA
SCALE. ESTIMATED WIND VELOCITIES RANGED FROM 113 TO 157 MILES AN
HOUR.
...LIVINGSTON COUNTY STORM DAMAGE...
DAMAGE SURVEYED IN LIVONIA WAS DETERMINED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH A
THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST WIND. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST
OCCURRED NEAR DANSVILLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. IN THAT STORM A GRAIN
STORAGE CONTAINER 15 FEET HIGH AND 25 FEET IN DIAMETER WAS RIPPED
FROM ITS ANCHOR BOLTS AND THROWN ABOUT 100 FEET.
LEVAN
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