Tornado, Tioga
- When
- July 8, 5:00 PM EST to 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga County, Tioga
- Measured
- 1
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -77.130
41/53/50N, 77/16/47W to 41/54N, 77/07/37W. The Elkhorn Creek tornado touched down in Tioga County around 6:00 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 8th, about 8 miles west of the town of Tioga, just southwest of Elbridge. The storm tracked east following Elkhorn Creek for nearly 8 miles into the town of Tioga.The storm took part of a roof off of a barn and destroyed a metal farm equipment building at the Keith Hamblin farm close to the initial touchdown. Width at that point was probably 50 yards. The storm continued east, taking down hundreds of trees along the track west of Tioga. Winds probably peaked at less than 90 mph, enough to take down trees and destroy the metal building, but stronger-built parts of the barn remained intact.At several points along the path, there was good indication of rotation in the direction trees fell. Parts of the barn roof of the Hamblin farm were actually blown westward by the storm, while debris from the farm equipment building was spread eastward. East of the Hamblin farm, rotational debris may have been as wide as 100 yards with tree damage north and south of the main path, extending out in excess of 1/2-mile.