Thursday, two tornadoes hit the state of New York and destroyed property all across the Hamburg area with homes shaking and cars being lifted into the air.
Sam Wright, who owns a house in the town of Hamburg, commented to WGRZ, “Out of nowhere, all the vision out of the window was erased. It was white, just pure white, and the house started to shake.”
Tornado clouds rolling in 👀 pic.twitter.com/OwBVwXmhnh
— Big Wich (@N_Wichlacz) July 21, 2017
The tornado lasted just about 20 seconds and struck at 12:30 PM local time. Another tornado hit the nearby town of Holland just 19 miles away, according to the National Weather Service of Buffalo.
3#mapletrees uprooted onto homeowners home.@AaronCh7Weather @WKBW @WGRZ #BeOn2 @SamChampion @weatherchannel @WeatherNation @ABC @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/ST2UXpF4i8
— Maria C Johnson (@MariaChaJohnson) July 20, 2017
Winds were estimated to be over 100 MPH throughout the storm.
Preliminary reports from the National Weather Service confirm it was tornado that hit the Hamburg Fairgrounds.@WKBW pic.twitter.com/Z19VguSbVK
— Ed Reilly (@WKBWedreilly) July 20, 2017
@917GIANTFM it got very eerie at work earlier. Tornado hit a mile away from us. pic.twitter.com/5GOa8C7Xeh
— The Real Chris Perry (@9ChrisPerry) July 20, 2017