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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
814 AM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 7/10/24 Tornado Event Update #2...

.Update...Additional tornado survey was completed in Genesee
County.

.Tornado #3 or Genesee County...

Rating:                 EF-0
Estimated Peak Wind:    75 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.0 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             July 10, 2024
Start Time:             1:42 PM ET
Start Location:         Town of Darien, Genesee County, NY
Start Lat/Lon:          42.9344 / -78.3126

End Date:               July 10, 2024
End Time:               1:46 PM ET
End Location:           Town of Alexander, Genesee County, NY
End Lat/Lon:            42.9466 / -78.3017

Video evidence was forwarded to the National Weather Service by
trained spotters showing a brief tornado touchdown along Halsted
Road in the Town of Alexander. A National Weather Service Storm
Survey was conducted and followed a path of tree damage from
the location of the video southwest crossing Dodgeson Road in
the town of Darien. Tree damage mostly consisted of large
branches being mangled in trees along the one mile path of the
tornado.


&&

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.

$$

RSH/Fries