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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
1246 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2026

...NWS Damage Survey Completed 7/1 for a Tornado That Occurred on
6/30...

.Otsego County Tornado...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    105 mph
Path Length /statute/:  8.39 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   300 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             06/30/2026
Start Time:             04:34 PM EDT
Start Location:         1 E Pittsfield / Otsego County / NY
Start Lat/Lon:          42.6258 / -75.2398

End Date:               06/30/2026
End Time:               04:52 PM EDT
End Location:           4 ESE Morris / Otsego County / NY
End Lat/Lon:            42.516 / -75.1808

Survey Summary:
Headed to New Berlin and Pittsfield area this morning to find the
start of the damage and follow the storm track where there were
some higher velocities on radar. There was sporadic tree damage
in
Pittsfield and south for a few miles before reaching an area that
had much more concentrated damage. A narrow corridor of damage
was found just off County highway 46 a few hundred yards into the
woods. This concentrated area of damage followed the road well
and
we stopped at a few houses where residence were home. Talking to
residence, their stories helped confirm that this was likely a
tornado, with one explaining that the storm was short and intense
with a pressure drop resulting in a suction sound in their house
and many trees in their front lawn fell. Another residence showed
that the damage was only on one side of the property with little
damage on the other.

As we went down the hill towards Elm Grove and state route 51,
damage became more sporadic but was still in line with the damage
observed already.

Headed into West Laurens, the amount of tree damage picked up.
The direction of the tree fall in West Laurens was largely 225
degrees or so, and given the storm direction and location, was
likely outflow winds in town. Headed south of town down Crawford
rd, the damage became more concentrated once again. Many of the
trees along and east of Crawford rd were also falling in that SW
direction with tree damage not concentrated and more random.
Headed onto properties to the west of Crawford, another
concentrated corridor of tree damage was found. It looked like
the
vortex intensified as it crossed a large, open yard before headed
into the forest once again.

Over the top of the hill, the broken off trees continued down
past a lake where the significant tree damage quickly came to an
end. Talking to a residence on the south side of the lake, they
explained the storm as a Bucket of water being poured from the
sky
and the winds lasting multiple minutes. This sounds like it was a
downburst/forward flank downdraft wrapping into the tornado. With
the lack of any damage corridors or trees falling in a convergent
pattern after this point, this was found to be the end of the
track.

Thank you to the Emergency Management of Otsego County for
helping with this survey as well as the residence that gave us
their stories.

&&

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.

$$

                
            
                                
    
        
    
    
        
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