Tornado, Lewis
- When
- October 2, 4:35 PM EST to 4:37 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, Port Leyden
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.583, -75.333
Tornado in New York, October 2, 2004
An isolated thunderstorm moving across the north country spawned a weak tornado in Port Leyden, Lewis county. The tornado touched down near Denley Road downing several trees and branches.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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 BUF wrote it up.
An isolated thunderstorm moving across the north country spawned a weak tornado in Port Leyden, Lewis county. The tornado touched down near Denley Road downing several trees and branches. Large concrete blocks were moved. A large cattle feeder was lifted off the ground and moved fifty feet. No injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in New York, October 2, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, October 2, 2004
More
Every storm in New York in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New York, 2004Warnings in New York, October 2004
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5427315.