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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
105 PM EDT FRI JUN 17 2022

...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/16/22 THUNDERSTORM WIND EVENT...

PEAK WIND ESTIMATED:    100 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/:  8 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/:   400 YARDS
FATALITIES:             0
INJURIES:               0

START DATE:             6/16/22
START TIME:             4:12 PM
START LOCATION:         GENESEO, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NY
START LAT/LON:          42.7937/-77.8055

END DATE:               6/16/22
END TIME:               4:22 PM
END LOCATION:           LIVONIA, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, NY
END LAT/LON:            42.8114/-77.6664

WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE BEGAN JUST TO THE EAST OF THE SUNY-GENESEO
CAMPUS AND CONTINUED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE TEMPLE HILL CEMETERY.
OVER THE INITIAL PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE, MULTIPLE
HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.
AS THE STORM CONTINUED EASTWARD, ROUGHLY FOLLOWING HIGHWAY 20A, A 
SILO WAS COMPLETED DESTROYED ON A DAIRY FARM, AND CONTINUOUS
HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREE UPROOTING AND TRUNK SHEARS WERE OBSERVED.
DAMAGE THEN CONTINUED EASTWARD ACROSS CONESUS LAKE WITH SIGNIFICANT
HARD AND SOFTWOOD TREE DAMAGE OCCURRING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
LAKE. THIS INCLUDED FLIPPING PONTOON BOATS ON THE LAKE. THIS IS
THE ONLY SECTION OF THE STORM WIND DAMAGE THAT EXHIBITED ANYTHING
OTHER THAN PURELY LINEAR WIND DAMAGE. HOWEVER, THE STORM SURVEY
TEAM DETERMINED THIS WAS LIKELY DUE TO SHORELINE TOPOGRAPHY AND
SURFACE ROUGHNESS CHANGES THAT WOULD AFFECT THE WIND FLOW RATHER
THAN ANY TORNADIC EVIDENCE. THE STORM CONTINUED EASTWARD TO DO
MORE TREE DAMAGE IN LIVONIA AS WELL AS MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A
SCHOOL.

THE STORM SURVEY TEAM FOUND DAMAGE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS DUE
TO DOWNBURST WIND SPEEDS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AT 100 MPH. THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LIVINGSTON COUNTY
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE AND COORDINATION
ON TODAY'S SURVEY.


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NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.

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FRIES/JL