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Tornado Watch
Issued: 11:46 PM Sep. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
NY . NEW YORK COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ALLEGANY BROOME CATTARAUGUS CAYUGA CHAUTAUQUA CHEMUNG CHENANGO CORTLAND ERIE GENESEE JEFFERSON LEWIS LIVINGSTON MADISON MONROE NIAGARA ONEIDA ONONDAGA ONTARIO ORLEANS OSWEGO SCHUYLER SENECA STEUBEN TIOGA TOMPKINS WAYNE WYOMING YATES
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 11:30 PM Sep. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Wyoming County in western New York... Cattaraugus County in western New York... Southern Erie County in western New York... Northeastern Chautauqua County in western New York... Northwestern Allegany County in western New York... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 729 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over North Collins, or 9 miles south of Hamburg, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Olean, Dunkirk, Fredonia, Hamburg, Salamanca, Letchworth State Park, Allegany State Park, Evans, Boston, and Eden. This includes the following highways... Interstate 90 between exits 57 and 59. Interstate 86 between exits 20 and 21, and between exits 24 and 27. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for western New York. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE; THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
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