NOUS41 KBUF 010150 PNSBUF NYZ001>002-010>012-019>021-085-011200- 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. $$ LEVAN
0220 PM HAIL CHEEKTOWAGA 42.91N 78.75W 06/30/2006 E1.00 INCH ERIE NY COUNTY OFFICIAL 0225 PM HAIL LANCASTER 42.90N 78.67W 06/30/2006 E1.00 INCH ERIE NY PUBLIC 0245 PM HAIL CHEEKTOWAGA 42.91N 78.75W 06/30/2006 E0.75 INCH ERIE NY PUBLIC 0304 PM TORNADO CHEEKTOWAGA 42.91N 78.75W 06/30/2006 ERIE NY COUNTY OFFICIAL NEAR WALDEN AND UNION MOVING SE 0311 PM TSTM WND DMG ELMA 42.85N 78.63W 06/30/2006 ERIE NY PUBLIC SEVERAL TREES DOWN TWISTED...POSSIBLE TORNADO. 0330 PM HAIL VARYSBURG 42.75N 78.32W 06/30/2006 E0.75 INCH WYOMING NY TRAINED SPOTTER 0350 PM HAIL COLDEN 42.65N 78.68W 06/30/2006 E0.75 INCH ERIE NY PUBLIC 0455 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W INDIAN RIVER 43.98N 75.39W 06/30/2006 LEWIS NY TRAINED SPOTTER MANY TREES DOWN...POSSIBLE TORNADO 0515 PM HAIL LIMERICK 44.03N 76.04W 06/30/2006 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON NY TRAINED SPOTTER 0530 PM HAIL WATERTOWN 43.97N 75.91W 06/30/2006 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON NY TRAINED SPOTTER 0710 PM HAIL 2 W HAMBURG 42.72N 78.87W 06/30/2006 E0.88 INCH ERIE NY TRAINED SPOTTER 0755 PM HAIL 5 SW LOCKPORT 43.12N 78.77W 06/30/2006 E0.88 INCH NIAGARA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT