The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado hit Upstate New York on Sunday.
According to WBNG, the National Weather Service in Binghamton said a storm survey revealed a tornado moved through Walton, N.Y., between 6:30 and 6:41 p.m. on Sept. 25. The twister’s winds were measured at EF-0 to EF-1, the two weakest of six categories on the Enhanced Fujita scale used to measure tornado strength; wind gusts peaked at 95 miles per hour, the NWS said.
Walton, located 50 miles east of Binghamton in Delaware County, reportedly saw trees that were uprooted and fell in a convergent pattern. Metal sheeting ripped off a roof at an auto shop on Route 10 and was thrown about 100 yards; other damage in the town included lawn furniture and part of a deck railing blown northwest while trees were blown down facing southwest.
No injuries were reported.
Tornadoes are not as common in New York as they are in Tornado Alley and Dixie Alley, where the strongest tornadoes often hit the southern Plains and Deep South. More than 80% of twisters in the Empire State are categorized as EF-0 or EF-1 on a scale that goes up to EF-5 (incredible damage with wind gusts of 261 to 312 mph).
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