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Tornado Warning — Niagara, NY — Sep 2, 2026

NWS BUF · ETN 8 · National Weather Service warning
Tornado Warning for Niagara — radar, warned-area polygon and storm motion
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office BUF issued a tornado warning at 22:07 UTC on Sep 2, 2026 covering Niagara, NY; Orleans, NY. The warning was in effect for 24 minutes, ending at Sep 2, 2026 22:31 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 43.36, -78.72, moving southeast at about 31 mph.

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Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
Olcott Niagara, NY Unrated The National Weather Service in Buffalo completed a damage survey across Niagara County today in response to reports of concentrated areas of damage near Olcott from a (BUF)
4 SE Medina Orleans, NY Unrated The National Weather Service in Buffalo completed a damage survey across Orleans County today in response to reports of concentrated areas of damage near Shelby from a (BUF)
3 E Alexander Genesee, NY EF1° The National Weather Service in Buffalo investigated storm- related damage from a bowing line of thunderstorms that ended up producing an EF-1 tornado during the evenin (BUF)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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