NOUS41 KBGM 232053 PNSBGM PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 445 PM EDT WED JUNE 23 2004 ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS THAT AN F0 TORNADO OCCURRED IN TABERG IN ONEIDA COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 15... AN F0 TORNADO WITH MAXIMUM WINDS BETWEEN 60 TO 72 MPH BRIEFLY TOUCHED OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE VILLAGE OF TABERG AT AROUND 1210 AM ON JUNE 15. THE TORNADO APPEARED TO ORIGINATE NEAR ROUTE 69 OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF TABERG... THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PART OF TABERG... BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST TO THE EAST OF GLENMORE ROAD. THE LENGTH OF THE TORNADO TRACK WAS ABOUT 2/3 OF A MILE... AND THE WIDTH WAS ABOUT 50 YARDS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO. AN EYEWITNESS REPORTED STRONG WINDS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHWEST SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT... FOLLOWED BY A SUDDEN SHIFT IN THE WINDS TO THE SOUTHEAST WHICH WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DOWNING OF SEVERAL LARGE TREES ON HIS PROPERTY. $$ MSE