Syracuse, N.Y. — A tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph touched down last week in Penn Yan, the National Weather Service confirmed today.
After a daylong investigation, the weather service determined a tornado tore through the Yates County village about 8:20 p.m. Thursday.
No one was killed or injured. The tornado hit a barn, which collapsed, on East Swamp Road, and tossed the debris on neighboring farm field, a weather service report said.
The tornado’s path was about a mile long, and it lasted just two minutes.
“Along the path, the tornado took down several trees, which fell in different directions,” the report said. “The tornado continued eastward to Voak Road, where it blew down a fence and another tree before lifting.”
The tornado was rated an EF-1, the second-lowest of six Enhanced Fujita Scale categories of tornadoes.
by Glenn Coin (2018, May 8) Syracuse
