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Complex Storm Sweeping Through Region: Here's Latest Complex Storm Sweeping Through Region: Here's Latest
Complex Storm Sweeping Through Region: Here's Latest A potent storm is sweeping through the region packed with heavy rain, strong wind gusts. and scattered thunderstorms. A radar image of the region from just before 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 above shows areas (in orange) with storms. It's the first soaking rain for much of the Northeast since late September. The second image above shows the broad area where snowfall is expected on the back end of the system from Thursday night into Friday, Nov. 22. A total of 6 to 12 inches is predicted in those spots shown in the darkest shade of blue, mainly areas in the higher elevations of New York, P…
2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where 2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where
2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where A pair of new tornadoes have been confirmed in New York this week. Both occurred upstate on Wednesday, July 24, and they come after 10 twisters hit central and northern New York last week. In Oswego County, the first tornado on Wednesday touched down just before 3:30 p.m. in the town of Orwell, about 40 miles north of Syracuse. It left a short, coherent path of broken tree limbs extended down an east-west path and had peak winds of 85 miles per hour, ranking it as an EF-0 tornado, the weakest of six levels on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, according to the National Weather Service. The o…