PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 945 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006
...TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN IN CHEEKTOWAGA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED THROUGH AERIAL AND GROUND SURVEYS THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA AROUND 300 PM FRIDAY JUNE 30.
BASED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RANKED THE TORNADO AN F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE WHICH IS DEFINED BY WINDS SPEEDS OF 73 TO 112 MPH. THE WINDS IN THIS TORNADO WERE ESTIMATED AT 100 TO 110 MPH WITH A PATH LENGTH OF THREE MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON WALDEN AVENUE NEAR HARLEM ROAD AND TRAVELED FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA.
ON WALDEN AVENUE A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER WAS MOVED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. THE WORKER IN THE TRAILER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. AS THE TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY IT LIFTED A TRACTOR TRAILER AND DEPOSITED IT ON ITS SIDE ACROSS THE JERSEY BARRIER. THE DRIVER OF THE TRAILER SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON ITS SOUTHEAST TREK DAMAGING A 20 BY 30 FOOT SECTION OF A WALL ON A WAREHOUSE AND THEN DOWNED TREES AS IT CROSSED THROUGH CENTRAL CHEEKTOWAGA. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SEVERAL TIMES ALONG ITS PATH.
ITS FINAL TOUCHDOWN WAS AT THE PARKSIDE VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK AROUND 310 PM WHERE THREE MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND SEVERAL OTHERS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PARTNERED WITH ERIE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE...ERIE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES...TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE CHEEKTOWAGA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE THE AERIAL AND GROUND SURVEYS.
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
945 PM EDT FRI JUN 30 2006
...TORNADO TOUCHES DOWN IN CHEEKTOWAGA...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONFIRMED THROUGH AERIAL AND GROUND
SURVEYS THAT A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA
AROUND 300 PM FRIDAY JUNE 30.
BASED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
RANKED THE TORNADO AN F1 ON THE FUJITA SCALE WHICH IS DEFINED BY
WINDS SPEEDS OF 73 TO 112 MPH. THE WINDS IN THIS TORNADO WERE
ESTIMATED AT 100 TO 110 MPH WITH A PATH LENGTH OF THREE MILES AND A
PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. THE TORNADO INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON WALDEN
AVENUE NEAR HARLEM ROAD AND TRAVELED FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE
SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA.
ON WALDEN AVENUE A CONSTRUCTION TRAILER WAS MOVED SEVERAL HUNDRED
FEET. THE WORKER IN THE TRAILER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. AS THE
TORNADO MOVED ACROSS THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY IT LIFTED A TRACTOR
TRAILER AND DEPOSITED IT ON ITS SIDE ACROSS THE JERSEY BARRIER. THE
DRIVER OF THE TRAILER SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG.
THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON ITS SOUTHEAST TREK DAMAGING A 20 BY 30 FOOT
SECTION OF A WALL ON A WAREHOUSE AND THEN DOWNED TREES AS IT
CROSSED THROUGH CENTRAL CHEEKTOWAGA. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
SEVERAL TIMES ALONG ITS PATH.
ITS FINAL TOUCHDOWN WAS AT THE PARKSIDE VILLAGE MOBILE HOME PARK
AROUND 310 PM WHERE THREE MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE
AND SEVERAL OTHERS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PARTNERED WITH ERIE COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE...ERIE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES...TOWN OF CHEEKTOWAGA
EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE CHEEKTOWAGA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE
THE AERIAL AND GROUND SURVEYS.
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