Strongest Tornado In Eastern US This Week Among 6 Confirmed Twisters In NY

A total of six tornadoes have been confirmed in New York State this week, accounting for 40 percent of the twisters in the Eastern US during separate rounds of storms on Monday, Aug. 7 and Tuesday, Aug. 8.

A file photo of a tornado.
Photo Credit: *NOAA.gov*

A total of 15 tornadoes have now been confirmed in the Eastern US, including an EF-3 in northern New York, on Monday, Aug. 7, and Tuesday, Aug. 8.
Photo Credit: *National Weather Service*

Joe Lombardi

08/12/2023 2:00 p.m.

Though five of those six were characterized as being "weak" on the Enhanced Fujita scale, there was one twister rated as "strong," according to the National Weather Service.

It touched down in northern New York in Lewis County, about 35 miles south of Watertown, and traveled 16 miles. It was rated as an EF-3, making it the strongest of the 15 tornadoes in the Eastern US this week.

The other five New York tornadoes this week, also upstate, were:

EF-1: Tompkins County/Cortland County, traveled 11 miles;
EF-1: Susquehanna County, PA/Broome County, NY, traveled 3.35 miles;
EF-1: Oneida County, traveled 1.5 miles;
EF-1: Oneida County, traveled 1.3 miles;
EF-0: Madison County, traveled 1.75 miles.

Click on the second image above for a rundown of all the tornadoes confirmed in the Eastern US this week.

The EF scale classifies tornadoes into six categories:

EF0 - Weak, winds of 65 to 85 mph
EF1 - Weak, winds of 86 to 110 mph
EF2 - Strong, winds of 111 to 135 mph
EF3 - Strong, winds of 136 to 165 mph
EF4 - Violent, winds. of 166 to 200 mph
EF5 - Violent, winds of more than 200 mph

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