![]() ![]() When the sun finally came out for good on the first of February, its cold light revealed a scene of incredible desolation in the Buffalo area and to a slightly lesser degree in much of the seven western county area. Daily peak gusts of 51, 52, 58, and 46 mph were recorded on the 29th through the 1st. Blizzard or near blizzard conditions prevailed on and off for the next three days ending about midday February 1st. An average speed of 46 mph and temperature of minus 1 degree resulted in a wind chill factor of 55 to 60 degrees below zero which probably contributed to the deaths of 29 people-many found frozen in their half-buried cars during the four day ordeal. Gusts of 75 mph were recorded at Niagara Falls airport. The blizzard reached its worst severity during the late afternoon as winds at the airport averaged 46 mph gusting to 69 mph. The temperature fell 26 degrees to zero in just over four hours. In a short time the visibility dropped from 3/4 mile to zero and the wind shifted and increased from south at 16 mph to southwest at 29 mph with gusts to 49 mph. At 11:35am, the front passed Buffalo Airport. Some specific data from the National Weather Service: During the morning the temperature rose rapidly from 5 degrees at midnight to 26 degrees at 11am. ![]() The tornado was ranked an F1 with a path length of three miles and a width of 75 yards. where three mobile homes sustained significant damage and eight others sustained minor damage. Its final touchdown was at the Parkside Village Mobile Home Park around 3:05 p.m. The tornado touched down several times along its path. The tornado continued on its southeast trek damaging a 20 by 30 foot section of a wall on a warehouse and then downed trees as it crossed through central Cheektowaga. The driver of the truck suffered a broken leg. As the tornado moved across the New York State Thruway, it lifted a tractor trailer and deposited on its side across the Jersey barrier. The worker in the trailer suffered minor injuries. On Walden Avenue, a construction trailer was moved several hundred feet. Report from the National Weather Service in Buffalo reads: The tornado initially touched down on Walden Avenue near Harlem Road and traveled from the northwest to the southeast through the town. 2006: Storms developed producing hail up to one inch in diameter, and a storm spawned a tornado which moved across the Town of Cheektowaga.
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