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These tornadoes were confirmed by radar on Tuesday afternoon. NBC5 meteorologists used the long-established tornado debris signature to determine the locations.
Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
Important Takeaways:
- Only way to know strength would be through storm surveys by the National Weather Service offices in Binghamton and Albany
- NBC5 meteorologists were able to use long-established radar technology to identify where tornado debris signatures occurred.
- One tornado was in Rome, Oneida County, where significant damage was reported. Pictures show a church destroyed and a B-52 bomber literally moved from its position.
- After that, there was a brief tornado between Old Forge and Inlet, just south of New York Route 28.
- Then, another tornado hit Hamilton County in a remote area near Morehouse.
- Two more hit in the vicinity of Wells, in both Hamilton and Warren counties.
- There may have been a sixth tornado near Edinburg, but the radar data was not beyond a reasonable doubt.
- Separate from these five radar-confirmed tornadoes, the National Weather Service in Albany found evidence of two other tornadoes that did not produce debris on radar.
- Most tornadoes locally are not strong enough, or located near enough to a radar, to produce a debris signature, which makes the five listed above special cases.
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