Serious question - how rare are tornadoes in New York?

[malaise]

This one was close to folks I know well - indeed they lost trees.
https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2024/03/01/tornado-touched-down-in-chenango-wednesday/72808301007/

A tornado touched down in Broome County north of Binghamton on Wednesday during a period of high winds and heavy rain, and while there was property damage, nobody was hurt.

The National Weather Service office in Binghamton confirmed an EF-1 tornado, the weakest category, touched down at 5:19 p.m. near the intersection of Brooks Road and Castle Creek Road (state Route 11) in the Town of Chenango.

The tornado packed winds of 100 mph, had a maximum width of 150 yards and was on the ground for 0.61 miles, according to National Weather Service warning coordination meteorologist Mark Pellerito.

"We had a line of heavy showers and storms moving through. This pushed out and rotated in an embedded thunderstorm," Pellerito said.

[ornotna]

1. Very rare

Especially this time of year.

[musette_sf]

2. This one in the NY neighborhood I grew up in

was pretty serious. Tornados were not on my risk checklist when I was a kid.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Brooklyn_tornado

https://brooklynrowhouse.com/a-tree-blows-down-in-brooklyn/

[malaise]

4. Thanks for those links

Maybe the climate is changing

[Niagara]

3. It's a rare occurrence but it does happen from time to time.

I live in Niagara County, New York.


There was a tornado that touched down on July 20, 2017 at the Erie County Fairgrounds, which is approximately 30 miles from me.

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[malaise]

5. That was also stronger than the one on

Wednesday. Thanks for the videos