Tornado touches down in Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – Just two miles from the Chenango County line, a tornado touched down in Georgetown in Madison County Saturday evening, causing damage to some residences and injuring one person.
Around 4 p.m. Saturday, a tornado hit in Georgetown, bringing winds of 120 miles per hour. On Sunday, the National Weather Service confirmed the damage was indeed caused by a tornado. The tornado was ranked an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. The scale gauges damage and severity of a storm system. According to the scale, an EF-2 tornado brings winds of 111 to 135 miles per hour and causes “considerable damage.”
According to Madison County Fire Coordinator Joe DeFrancisco, the tornado traveled along a six-mile path in the town, leaving a trail approximately 150 feet wide.
“It blasted through that one section and apparently no other,” DeFrancisco said. The fire coordinator confirmed that two properties were damaged as a result of the storm. According to the NWS in Binghamton, most of the damage along the path was to trees, however the system also struck three structures.
“Significant damage occurred approximately one mile south of the village of Georgetown,” the NWS statement said. Town residents confirmed that a home and barn belonging to David Coye was damaged by the storm. According to the NWS statement, “A large barn was destroyed, a roof was torn off a house and several outbuildings and sheds were destroyed.” In addition, electrical poles were snapped and trees were downed.
Several people were reportedly at the residence on Route 26 at the time of the incident, and one person was injured. A man, who was in the barn at the time of the incident, was transported to the hospital by the Georgetown Fire Department with non-life threatening injuries. The man reportedly suffered some broken bones and scratches to the face. A phone number listed for Coye was not in service as of press time this morning.
A second farm on Upham Road was also damaged as a result of the storm. A large barn, silo and a couple of sheds were destroyed, and some livestock was lost. The NWS reported that a third nearby residence on Niles Road also received some damage to a silo, and the roof and siding of the home.
Saturday’s storm system also resulted in a second tornado in the Cuyler area in Cortland County. That tornado, an EF-0, uprooted trees and destroyed some small sheds.
Around 4 p.m. Saturday, a tornado hit in Georgetown, bringing winds of 120 miles per hour. On Sunday, the National Weather Service confirmed the damage was indeed caused by a tornado. The tornado was ranked an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale. The scale gauges damage and severity of a storm system. According to the scale, an EF-2 tornado brings winds of 111 to 135 miles per hour and causes “considerable damage.”
According to Madison County Fire Coordinator Joe DeFrancisco, the tornado traveled along a six-mile path in the town, leaving a trail approximately 150 feet wide.
“It blasted through that one section and apparently no other,” DeFrancisco said. The fire coordinator confirmed that two properties were damaged as a result of the storm. According to the NWS in Binghamton, most of the damage along the path was to trees, however the system also struck three structures.
“Significant damage occurred approximately one mile south of the village of Georgetown,” the NWS statement said. Town residents confirmed that a home and barn belonging to David Coye was damaged by the storm. According to the NWS statement, “A large barn was destroyed, a roof was torn off a house and several outbuildings and sheds were destroyed.” In addition, electrical poles were snapped and trees were downed.
Several people were reportedly at the residence on Route 26 at the time of the incident, and one person was injured. A man, who was in the barn at the time of the incident, was transported to the hospital by the Georgetown Fire Department with non-life threatening injuries. The man reportedly suffered some broken bones and scratches to the face. A phone number listed for Coye was not in service as of press time this morning.
A second farm on Upham Road was also damaged as a result of the storm. A large barn, silo and a couple of sheds were destroyed, and some livestock was lost. The NWS reported that a third nearby residence on Niles Road also received some damage to a silo, and the roof and siding of the home.
Saturday’s storm system also resulted in a second tornado in the Cuyler area in Cortland County. That tornado, an EF-0, uprooted trees and destroyed some small sheds.
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