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National Weather Service investigators remain on the scene in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties, and perhaps into Allegany County as well.It was a wild Monday afternoon in Western New York. Several tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings were issued, mainly in the southern tier.
"We've had excessive warmth across the area and a moderate amount of moisture in the air as well," says Accu-Weather meteorologist Bob Larson. "This combines with an approaching cold front produced a so-called clash of the seasons, where you get severe storms like we did today."
Damage reports(complete listing below) came in rather quickly at the National Weather Service office. "We have reports of roofs blown off houses in Westfield, as well as trees down in Versailles and downed poles in Perrsyburg," says meteorologist Jeff Wood.
"A lot of wind damage, power lines down, poles have been snapped, trees are down blocking roadways, and a couple buildings have been damaged due to trees coming down," says Lenny Wacenske, an assistant chief with the Fredonia Fire Department.
National Weather Service meteorologists will be in the southern tier this morning to begin investigating if the damage was the result of straight line winds or tornadoes.
Callers to Sandy Beach's show also described the damage left by Mother Nature."We had a heavy wind come in off the lake," says a caller in Portland. "Multiple trees are down, the road is blocked, and riding Route 5 to the city of Dunkirk. There was no power except at the county home."
"We had torrential rains, vertical lighting. This is as bad as it gets with thunderstorms and torrential downpours," says a caller from West Falls.
| PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 831 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0454 PM TSTM WND DMG FREDONIA 42.44N 79.33W 11/14/2011 CHAUTAUQUA NY 911 CALL CENTER ROOF TORN OFF GARAGE 0454 PM TSTM WND DMG FREDONIA 42.44N 79.33W 11/14/2011 CHAUTAUQUA NY 911 CALL CENTER NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN 0503 PM HAIL RIPLEY 42.27N 79.71W 11/14/2011 M0.88 INCH CHAUTAUQUA NY TRAINED SPOTTER HAIL COVERED THE GROUND 0510 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTFIELD 42.32N 79.58W 11/14/2011 CHAUTAUQUA NY TRAINED SPOTTER ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOUSES VICINITY WESTFIELD 0510 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTFIELD 42.32N 79.58W 11/14/2011 CHAUTAUQUA NY 911 CALL CENTER TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 394 0512 PM TSTM WND DMG VERSAILLES 42.52N 79.00W 11/14/2011 CATTARAUGUS NY TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 0514 PM TSTM WND DMG PERRYSBURG 42.46N 79.00W 11/14/2011 CATTARAUGUS NY TRAINED SPOTTER POWER POLES DOWN 0514 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE WESTFIELD 42.30N 79.55W 11/14/2011 CHAUTAUQUA NY EMERGENCY MNGR BARN BLOW OFF FOUNDATION VICINITY MT. BALDY RD. 0516 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE FREDONIA 42.39N 79.26W 11/14/2011 CHAUTAUQUA NY EMERGENCY MNGR HALF DOZEN POWER POLES SHEARED OFF NEAR POMFRET 0552 PM TSTM WND DMG OTTO 42.41N 78.79W 11/14/2011 CATTARAUGUS NY 911 CALL CENTER TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN 0608 PM TSTM WND DMG LITTLE VALLEY 42.25N 78.80W 11/14/2011 CATTARAUGUS NY TRAINED SPOTTER ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME 0608 PM TSTM WND DMG LITTLE VALLEY 42.25N 78.80W 11/14/2011 CATTARAUGUS NY 911 CALL CENTER TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN 0623 PM TSTM WND DMG CONESUS 42.72N 77.69W 11/14/2011 LIVINGSTON NY 911 CALL CENTER TREE AND POWERLINE DOWN 0726 PM TSTM WND DMG FRIENDSHIP 42.21N 78.14W 11/14/2011 ALLEGANY NY 911 CALL CENTER SEVERAL POWERLINES DOWN 0732 PM TSTM WND DMG BOLIVAR 42.07N 78.17W 11/14/2011 ALLEGANY NY PUBLIC POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 417. RELAYED BY WIVB-TV. 0740 PM TSTM WND DMG WELLSVILLE 42.12N 77.95W 11/14/2011 ALLEGANY NY 911 CALL CENTER SEVERAL TREES DOWN |
