New York, 1993

Tornado in New York, September 23, 1993

September 23, 1993 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Erie

When
September 23, 1:30 PM EST
Where
Erie County, Grand Island
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
25 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
42.758, -78.780 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

An isolated thunderstorm spawned a small tornado. The tornado first touched down on Grand Island where it ripped the antenna off a house and flipped over outdoor lawn furniture. The tornado moved southeast downing some trees in Tonawanda.

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10336825.