Oswego County Town of Redfield

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
215 PM EDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 7/10/24 Tornado Event...

.Tornado #6 Oswego County...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    90 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.2 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             July 10, 2024
Start Time:             2:23 PM ET
Start Location:         Town of Redfield, Oswego County, NY
Start Lat/Lon:          43.5865 / -75.8484
End Date:               July 10, 2024
End Time:               2:28 PM ET
End Location:           Town of Redfield, Oswego County, NY
End Lat/Lon:            43.6105 / -75.8194

In Wayne County, witness reports corroborated vehicular traffic
being affected by a very brief tornado touchdown in the Town of
Wolcott. Because of no tree damage nor property damage, this was
rated as an EF-Unknown. Additional surveying of the area will be
done on Friday.

In Oswego County, hardwood trees were downed across County
Road 17 in the Town of Redfield. This corroborated with a debris
ball confirmation from the KTYX radar and was confirmed by the
Redfield Town Supervisor and Oswego County Emergency Management.
Aerial imagery indicated only minimal tree damage to the
northeast of this location. The entirety of the track of this
tornado other than along County Road 17 is inaccessible, so tree
damage is the only known damage indicator, hence the tornado was
rated as EF-1 based upon hardwood tree uprooting and snapping.

The National Weather Service thanks Wayne County Emergency
Management and Oswego County Emergency management for their
great assistance in completion of the surveys of these two
locations.


EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS
Storm Data.