| NWS SUMMARY |
| NEWS ARTICLES |
| SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 1 |
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHENANGO COUNTY IN CNTL NY * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 337 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NW OF LINCKLAEN OR ABOUT 13 MILES NE OF CORTLAND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR. LINCKLAEN AT 350 PM EDT SO. OTSELIC AT 355 PM EDT OTSELIC AT 400 PM EDT PLYMOUTH AT 415 PM EDT SMYRNA AT 420 PM EDT NO. NORWICH AT 425 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.LARGE HAIL.& VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. - - - extended: - - - A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR CHENANGO COUNTY IN CNTL NY AT 412 PM EDT.NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER OTSELIC.OR ABOUT 14 MILES NW OF NORWICH..MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR. SMYRNA AT 425 PM. SHERBURNE AT 435 PM. COLUMBUS AT 445 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH.LARGE HAIL.& VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
| SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 2 |
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHENANGO COUNTY IN CNTL NY OTSEGO COUNTY IN CNTL NY * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 432 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SHERBURNE OR ABOUT 8 MILES NO. OF NORWICH MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR COLUMBUS AT 445 PM EDT NEW BERLIN & LAMBS CORNERS AT 450 PM EDT PITTSFIELD & EDMESTON AT 455 PM EDT NEW LISBON & BURLINGTON AT 505 PM EDT HARTWICK & MT VISION AT 515 PM EDT OAKSVILLE AT 520 PM EDT MILFORD & HYDE PARK AT 525 PM EDT WESTVILLE & ELK CREEK AT 530 PM EDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH, LARGE HAIL, & VERY HEAVY RAIN. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER NOW. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. - - - extended: - - - A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR CHENANGO COUNTY IN CNTL NY AT 457 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NW OF GERMAN OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARATHON IN CORTLAND COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN CHENANGO COUNTY NEAR PITCHER AT 505 PM GERMAN AT 510 PM MCDONOUGH & PHARSALIA AT 515 PM TYNER AT 525 PM PRESTON & OXFORD AT 530 PM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS OVER THE N. PORTION OF THE COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE REGION. - - - expiration: - - - THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHENANGO COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THIS STORM COULD STILL PRODUCE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH & HEAVY DOWNPOURS. AT 530 PM THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER PRESTON OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORWICH..MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
| PRELIMINARY LSRs |
NWUS51 KBGM 300216 CCA
LSRBGM
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
1009 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM PLYMOUTH NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO MOBILE HOME DESTROYED.
POWERLINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
0430 PM MCCLAIN NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 TOMPKINS TREES DOWN ON WIRES AND A
HOUSES. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
0450 PM CORTLAND NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CORTLAND TREES AND WIRES DOWNED IN
TOWN OF CORTLANDVILLE.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0445 PM PLYMOUTH NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO GARAGE ROOF TORN OFF.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0455 PM SOUTH OTSELIC NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0457 PM NEW BERLIN NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO TREES AND WIRES
DOWNED.REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0501 PM NORTH NORWICH NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0520 PM SMYRNA NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO ROOF OF MOBILE HOME. TREES
AND WIRES DOWNED. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0726 PM GREENE NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0757 PM OXFORD NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CHENANGO TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0507 PM PITTSFIELD NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 OTSEGO TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0515 PM MORRIS NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 OTSEGO TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0530 PM NEW LISBON NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 OTSEGO TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0600 PM MORRIS NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 OTSEGO TREES AND WIRES
DOWNED.REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER
0333 PM PREBLE NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CORTLAND POWER LINES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0330 PM HOMER NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CORTLAND TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0430 PM VIRGIL NY WIND DAMAGE
08/29/03 CORTLAND TREES AND WIRES DOWNED.
REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
PRA
| NWS SUMMARIES |
NOUS41 KBGM 302343 PNSBGM PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON 745 PM EDT SAT AUG 30 2003 ...STORM SURVEY FINDS EVIDENCE OF AN F1 TORNADO IN CHENANGO COUNTY... A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONCLUDED THAT AN F1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE TOWN OF SMYRNA IN CHENANGO COUNTY FRIDAY AUGUST 29TH AT AROUND 430 PM EDT. MAXIMUM WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE CLOSE TO 80 MPH. THIS PUTS IT IN THE F1 RANGE OF THE FUJITA SCALE OF TORNADO INTENSITY. AN F1 TORNADO HAS A RANGE OF WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 73 AND 112 MPH. THE TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON BEAVER MEADOW ROAD ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF THE VILLAGE OF BEAVER MEADOW IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE TOWN OF SMYRNA. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED DOWN A HILL AND ACROSS LAW ROAD TO HOPKINS ROAD WHERE IT LIFTED. THE LENGTH OF THE DAMAGE PATH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE LONG...WITH A WIDTH OF AROUND 50 YARDS. THE F1 DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE AREA NEAR LAW ROAD...WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE SHEARED OFF AND/OR SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. ONE HOME RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND ITS ROOF PEELED OFF. THIS HOME WAS PUSHED FOUR FEET OFF ITS FOUNDATION. IN ADDITION...A SHED WAS DESTROYED ON THIS PROPERTY WITH A METAL ROOF PEELED OFF THE GARAGE. ALL ALONG THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO THERE WERE NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND SNAPPED OFF. NICOSIA/AHNERT