A tornado touched down in Wyoming County at approximately 10:40AM
EDT in the town of Java just southwest of the intersection of NY Route
78 and Chaffee Rd. The tornado then moved along an east-northeast
path near NY Route 78 for approximately 10 miles before
dissipating in the western portion of the Town of Gainesville just
west of NY Route 19 at about 10:55 AM EDT. The tornado was on the
ground for approximately 15 minutes.
The tornado reached a maximum intensity of EF-2, with winds of 115
mph. The maximum path width was about 500 yards. The majority of the
EF-2 rated damage was along the first two miles of the tornado path.
This was also the portion of the track with the most consistent and
continuous damage. In this portion of the track, the tornado did
significant damage to a barn. The older portion of the barn saw its
concrete block foundation toppled and the structure itself moved
about 25 feet. The newer portion of the barn was entirely destroyed.
Multiple hard and softwood trees were uprooted or saw their trunks
sheared off as the tornado tracked along NY Route 78 until it got to
about Pleasant Valley Road.
Damage became all EF-1 or lower rated to the east of Pleasant Valley
Road through Hermitage. This included a few uprooted softwood trees
and some minor wall damage to a structure on Shaw Road.
As the tornado crossed from the Town of Wethersfield and into the
western portion of the Town of Gainesville, damage became much less
continuous and likely indicative of a discontinuous path of the
tornado. All damage on this eastern extend of the path was minor
tree damage and rated EF-0 before damage ceased about one mile west
of NY Route 19.

Tornado in WYOMING, NEW YORK
From 28-JUL-22 09:40:00 to 28-JUL-22 09:55:00 (EST-5)
Location: JAVA CENTER
Tornado F-scale: EF2
Property damage: 750.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

A tornado touched down in Wyoming County at approximately 10:40AM EDT in the town of Java just southwest of the intersection of NY Route 78 and Chaffee Rd. The tornado then moved along an east-northeast path near NY Route 78 for approximately 10 miles before dissipating in the western portion of the Town of Gainesville just west of NY Route 19 at about 10:55 AM EDT. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 15 minutes.
The tornado reached a maximum intensity of EF-2, with winds of 115 mph. The maximum path width was about 500 yards. The majority of the EF-2 rated damage was along the first two miles of the tornado path. This was also the portion of the track with the most consistent and continuous damage. In this portion of the track, the tornado did significant damage to a barn. The older portion of the barn saw its concrete block foundation toppled and the structure itself moved about 25 feet. The newer portion of the barn was entirely destroyed. Multiple hard and softwood trees were uprooted or saw their trunks sheared off as the tornado tracked along NY Route 78 until it got to
about Pleasant Valley Road.
Damage became all EF-1 or lower rated to the east of Pleasant Valley Road through Hermitage. This included a few uprooted softwood trees and some minor wall damage to a structure on Shaw Road.
As the tornado crossed from the Town of Wethersfield and into the western portion of the Town of Gainesville, damage became much less continuous and likely indicative of a discontinuous path of the tornado. All damage on this eastern extend of the path was minor tree damage and rated EF-0 before damage ceased about one mile west
of NY Route 19.