tornado

Tornadoes are not very common in Central New York, but they do still happen. Here's a look at the history of these wicked storms in Herkimer County.

It's believed that tornadoes are a rare occurrence in Central New York, but they happen more often than people realize. Here's a peek into the history of tornadoes in our area.

On May 2nd, 1983 an F3 tornado and other storms ripped through and ravaged 11 New York counties. People were killed, several were injured, and there was detrimental property damage. On this week 33 years later, we remember that day with this Raw Footage from Matt Lanza who worked at WKTV at the time.

The tornado season has begun. Several were seen in Oklahoma and Arkansas. One even had Clay Walker taking shelter in Tulsa.

The full fury of Mother Nature was on full display for all to see.

Another tornado touched down in New York.  Mary Cornish caught the twister in Reading Center, just north of Watkins Glen.

2:00 PM - The National Weather Service has cancelled the Tornado Watch for the Mohawk Valley and Central New York.

Three of Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers were killed in the latest Oklahoma tornado. Tim Samaras and Carl Young, and Tim’s 24-year-old son Paul, were lost during Friday, May 31, 2013’s tornado outbreak, making the first time researchers were killed while chasing tornadoes.

Blake Shelton's 'Healing in the Heartland' benefit concert helped with the healing process after tornadoes ripped through Moore Oklahoma.  Not only emotionally, but the concert raised more than $6 million.

Have you ever wondered what it looked like in the middle of a tornado? Two storm chasers shot some pretty amazing footage from inside a tornado. The twister touched down in northern Kansas Monday, and they were in basically a half-car half-tank called a 'Tornado Intercept Vehicle.'

The Weather Channel crew caught a tornado touching down in Utica, Kansas Saturday night. At one point they were just a few hundreds yards away from the funnel cloud. And this is just the beginning. Several storms will continue through Tuesday with 25 million in it's path.  From the Plains states to the Upper Mississippi Valley. Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Topeka, Kansas and Joplin

Sunday’s severe weather outbreak may have included a tornado in the Delaware County town of Sidney.  The National Weather Service in Binghamton will be in the area Monday to investigate.