Narrow Miss; 4:40PM Update

That was a close call. The storm continued its rotation until just east of Ithaca. The actual core of the storm was between Lansing and Groton, with the tornado most likely in Lansing. This is because tornadoes usually form on the southwest side of the storm.

The warning at 4PM read:
"AND SOME SPOTTERS HAVE INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ON THE

GROUND."

For those of you in West Groton, Lansing and Ithaca, if you have pictures, PLEASE send them to me along with any stories of the storm you may have! I would appreciate it greatly!

email is: alerts@grotonweather.com

There are still a few more storms out there, but they should probably head west of here as well. After that, our watch will probably be cancelled.

TORNADIC CELL HEADED TOWARDS GROTON!

There is a VERY nasty storm heading our way. This one has it all, wind, hail and yes, rotation. It has been rotating for nearly half an hour now and it is getting ready to cross Seneca County. Here is the image I am getting on my storm software:


The yellow circle overtop of the storm indicates that there is rotation with this storm. If it holds together, we could be in for large hail and damaging winds. When storms rotate, they can produce tornadoes at ANY time, so be ready when this storm hits! I will update on this storm around 4:10 or 4:15.

UPDATE: THIS CELL HAS A TORNADO WARNING WITH IT FOR SENECA AND CAYGUA COUNTY!!!!!!!!!!!!! TAKE COVER IN THOSE AREAS. NORTHERN TOMPKINS NEEDS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND TAKE COVER AS WELL! THIS IS THE LAST UPDATE FOR THIS STORM...I NEED TO PREAPRE!

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING GROTON

Whoa...things are happening too quick for me to keep up with! A severe thunderstorm WATCH is in effect for the area until 10 PM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING is in effect FOR GROTON and points north and west! This storm likely has hail and gusty winds with it. Here is the warning link:

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

even though the text says Seneca and Cayuga County, we are included in the warning box. However, it looks like the nasty stuff will stay north


For those of you south of Groton, I have had a report of hail just east of Lansing about 10 minutes ago. This storm is headed towards Dryden and on south of Marathon. There are more storms behind the one with the warning that also have warnings. More on them as the approach!