Tornado, Yates
- When
- June 22, 11:20 AM EST to 11:35 AM EST
- Where
- Yates County, Middlesex
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -77.270
Tornado in New York, June 22, 1996
A tornado which developed in Ontario County (Western New York, NWSFO Buffalo area of responsibility) entered Vine Valley in the town of Middlesex in Yates County shortly after noon. There was considerable damage in this community.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $75,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BGM wrote it up.
A tornado which developed in Ontario County (Western New York, NWSFO Buffalo area of responsibility) entered Vine Valley in the town of Middlesex in Yates County shortly after noon. There was considerable damage in this community. Several mobile homes were damaged due to fallen trees or flying debris. An outer wall of a community center, constructed of cinder block, was also blown out. The tornado was rated as F1, with a damage path of one and a half miles long, and 50 yards wide.
The radar
The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:19 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
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- Flood in Nebraska, June 22 to 23, 1996
- Tornado in Michigan, June 22, 1996
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- Damaging Wind in New York, June 22, 1996
- Tornado in New York, June 22, 1996
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: 5568411.