Beryl Remnants Spawn Severe Weather and Break Daily Tornado Warning Record
(WENY) -- Yesterday's severe weather thanks to remnants of Hurricane Beryl brought several reports of tornadoes, hail, and damaging winds to the Northeast, and the Twin Tiers was in the path.
For much of yesterday afternoon, the remnant low from the former Hurricane Beryl spawned several tornadic thunderstorms that made their way into the Twin Tiers. High winds and even some hail also made appearances as severe weather took center stage.
The remnants of Hurricane Beryl traveled northward after leaving parts of Texas underwater for several days. Yesterday there were 42 issued warnings in a day, breaking the Empire State's record for most in a day. In the past several years, the remains of hurricanes have traveled northward, impacting areas like the Twin Tiers, but this time, high humidity provided more fuel to Beryl's fire.
"We had an unusual amount of humidity. We had tropical humidity over upstate New York and, you know, northern Pennsylvania, and we had strong low level winds, which generally those two don't happen up here, but the tropical system brought it up here," said David Nicosia, meteorologist-in-charge at NWS Binghamton.
Ingredients for severe weather were present throughout New York and Northern Pennsylvania for much of yesterday afternoon. Tornado warnings cropped up Lake Erie to the Mohawk Valley. However, severe weather and hurricane season is far from over with the latter still months away from peak activity.
"This is just the beginning of tropical storms and hurricane season. It goes all the way through October and November and this is going to be a very active season. We're already we're already beginning to see it so, you know With tropical storms and hurricane remnants, you know flooding severe weather High winds, you know, so, you know be prepared for all that," added Nicosia.
Now that the storms have passed, surveys are being conducted to assess the damages caused by Wednesday's severe weather. So far the National Weather Service in Buffalo has confirmed six tornadoes that touchdown in Western New York, including three at EF-1 strength. Earlier today, the Binghamton office confirmed a tornado touchdown in Oneida County.