Above: Tree limbs driven into the ground by the force of the tornado. Photo from National Weather Service in Binghamton; for more photos of damage in the tornado's path, see their Facebook album.
A tornado touched down near Bainbridge on Friday evening and traveled across the Chenango/Delaware County border before breaking up, the National Weather Service announced Saturday.
According to a NWS statement, the tornado touched down at 7:53pm about 4 miles south-southeast of Bainbridge, on South Afton Road between I-88 and Highway 206, and traveled 3.2 miles to end up about 3 miles south of Sidney at 7:58pm.
At their maximum speed, winds in the tornado reached 110 miles per hour. The tornado cut a path 200 yards wide at its widest point. On the Enhanced Fujita scale for measuring the strength of tornadoes, which ranges from EF0 to EF5, this was an EF1.
On East Afton Road in Bainbridge, the tornado snapped two power poles, destroyed one car and damaged another, uprooted or snapped several trees, and damaged the roof of a barn. After crossing 206, the tornado damaged a farm building and a mobile home, destroyed a storage trailer, and moved a carport 75 feet. Continuing on near Houck Drive, the tornado intensified in strength, damaged a home and garage and destroyed many trees. After crossing into Delaware County, the tornado felled several more trees along Highway 8 before dissipating.
No one was injured in the tornado's path, the NWS said.
Below: A map of the tornado's path from the NWS in Binghamton.
