Tornado, Ontario
- When
- June 22, 11:10 AM EST
- Where
- Ontario County, South Bristol
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -77.400
Tornado in New York, June 22, 1996
A severe thunderstorm spawned a weak tornado around noon. The tornado first touched down in Ontario County on Hicks Road in the town of South Bristol.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BUF wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm spawned a weak tornado around noon. The tornado first touched down in Ontario County on Hicks Road in the town of South Bristol. Several homes sustained minor structural damage including broken windows and torn roofs and siding. Several trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado continued across Canandaigua Lake into Yates County (Central New York, WSO BGM area of responsibility).
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:12 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 22 to 23, 1996
- Heat in South Carolina, June 22, 1996
- Heat in Missouri, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, June 22, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 22, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, June 22 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 1996
- Tornado in New York, June 22, 1996
More
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New York, 1996Warnings in New York, June 1996
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: 5562215.