Apr 27, 2011
A significant severe weather outbreak developed across central New York as a storm system moved east from the Great Lakes. First, showers and thunderstorms developed early in the evening on the 27th, as an upper level disturbance approached the region. Two of the more significant storms included one supercell that produced a tornado in Steuben county, and a bowing line segment that caused tree and structural damage across Steuben, Chemung and Schuyler counties. Elsewhere across central New York
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 303388). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Yates County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.