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Tornado Confirmed In Hudson Valley Wednesday
There were two tornadoes in the area, the National Weather Service confirmed.
AMENIA, NY — A tornado touched down in Dutchess County Wednesday, the National Weather Service confirmed.
In a tweet, the National Weather Service in Albany said there were two tornadoes in the area.
An EF-1 touched down in Amenia, and there was an EF-0 in Bulls Bridge to southern Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, according to the weather service. Both occurred between 2:49 p.m. and 2:51 p.m.
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The area was under a severe thunderstorm warning and, at 2:47 p.m., the weather service issued a tornado warning for central Litchfield County in northern Connecticut and east central Dutchess County in New York.
No injuries were reported.
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Victoria Perotti, the Amenia town supervisor, said they were fortunate no one was hurt.
"Unfortunately there were damaged homes and buildings," she said in an email to Patch. "The Amenia Fire Department and the Amenia Highway Department did an outstanding job handling all the issues. NYSEG did a great job sending crews as fast as they did and letting me know they were coming. As always Dutchess County Emergency Response assisted in many ways."
@NWSAlbany has confirmed two tornadoes briefly touched down at the same time Wednesday afternoon from 2:49-2:51 pm. An EF-1 tornado touched down in Amenia NY (Dutchess Co.) and an EF-0 tornado touched down near South Kent CT (Litchfield Co.) Details at: https://t.co/218Fc2ASZn pic.twitter.com/0vxW0N7yNP
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) April 22, 2021
In Amenia, getting a look at some of the aftermath of yesterday’s storm. @MattHammer12 @News12HV @News12WC pic.twitter.com/karpQ9dgcC
— Diane Caruso (@TheDianeCaruso) April 22, 2021
Time lapse video of a circulation that went on and produced a tornado warning to my E near the NY/CT border #NYwx @NWSAlbany pic.twitter.com/SKCTWqQa06
— William Flamholtz (@wflamholtzwx) April 21, 2021
Here's the path that Amenia tornado took. Was only on the ground for 2 minutes yesterday afternoon. #NYwx pic.twitter.com/bw7qXxqhmE
— Storm Team 4 NY (@StormTeam4NY) April 22, 2021
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