New York, 1994

Tornado in New York, August 25, 1994

August 25, 1994 · 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, Niagara

When
August 25, 2:05 PM EST
Where
Niagara County, Lockport
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$50,000
Coordinates
43.173, -78.691 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado touched down in Lockport in Niagara County. The tornado was on the ground only for short lengths along the path. Damage was mainly confined to one property where three large trees were downed and windows were blown out of a garage.

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

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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: 10336548.