Tornado hits Beekmantown, New York

Tornado hits Beekmantown, New York

National Weather Service to determine strength

Updated: 7:21 PM EDT Jun 10, 2025

STEPHEN BIDDIX NBC FIVE NEWS. NOW NBC5 FIRST WARNING WEATHER THE AREA’S CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. WELL, WE’VE BEEN CONTINUING TO CHIT CHAT ABOUT THAT BEEKMANTOWN LIKELY TORNADO SITUATION. WE KNOW THE WEATHER SERVICE IS ACTUALLY ON THEIR WAY THERE, RIGHT? THEY ARE OUR EXPERT ANALYSIS SAYS YES THIS WAS A WEAK TORNADO BECAUSE OF WHAT THE RADAR SHOWS. AND LITERALLY THE VIDEO. LIKE WHEN YOU GET A VIDEO AND YOUR EYES SHOW YOU IT, THAT’S WHAT IT IS. WHERE THE WEATHER SERVICE COMES IN IS WE NEED A RATING. IS IT PROBABLY AN EF0? YEAH. THIS THING, I DON’T THINK IT WAS ON THE GROUND FOR MUCH MORE THAN 60S, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS IS THE BEST VIDEO WE HAVE AND LET’S TAKE IT REAL SLOW, ALMOST LIKE IT’S A SPORTS REPLAY. YOU READY? THREE. TWO. ONE. THERE’S A LITTLE MUSIC, BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THE TORNADO SPIN THERE, THE FUNNEL CLOUD, AND THEN YOU OFFICIALLY GET IT TO BE A TORNADO WHEN IT HITS THE GROUND. THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FUNNEL CLOUD AND A TORNADO. LET’S JUST DO THIS ONE MORE TIME. HERE IT IS. SO WE’RE STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FRAME. AND THIS IS RIGHT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF, I BELIEVE, RENEE’S CAR. YOU CAN SEE THE FUNNEL CLOUD THERE COMING DOWN TOWARDS THE GROUND AND THEN TOUCHING. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IT TOUCHED THE GROUND? BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN THE DAMAGE PICTURES AND VIDEOS. AND WE’LL GET AN UPDATE FROM ANDREW IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT LOOK AT THIS PHOTO TAKEN, I BELIEVE, ON DURAND ROAD. DEBBIE GILMAN, SENDING THIS IN VERY CLEARLY. THE FUNNEL CLOUD THERE, TOUCHING THE GROUND, CAUSING SOME DAMAGE IN BEEKMANTOWN JUST AFTER 330 THIS AFTERNOON. SO THE LAB IS ON SCENE RIGHT NOW SURVEYING WHAT’S GOING ON ALONG WITH THE WEATHER SERVICE FROM BURLINGTON. SO IT TOOK THEM A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE BAND OF RAIN IS PRETTY MUCH HARMLESS ACROSS VERMONT RIGHT NOW, KIND OF PARALLELING THE GREEN MOUNTAIN SPINE. WE’LL ZOOM IN AND SHOW YOU THE ANIMATION OF THE WIND MODE OF THE RADAR, BECAUSE DOPPLER IN RADAR MEANS WE CAN SENSE THE WIND. YOU CAN SEE AS IT WENT RIGHT OVER TOWN, IT HAD A DECENT COUPLET HERE, THE RED AND THE GREEN RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. THAT IS THE SPINNING MOTION. SO THE GREEN IS TOWARDS COLCHESTER, VERMONT. THE RED IS AWAY FROM COLCHESTER, VERMONT. THAT IS THE SPIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO. AND THEN THE ADVANCED MODE OF THE RADAR SAYS, OH YEAH, SOMETHING’S UP THERE. THAT’S NOT JUST A RAINDROP. AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING TOWARDS THE NORTH AND EAST. SO THAT’S WHY EVEN IF THE TOUCHDOWN WAS SOMEWHERE NEAR THE MIDDLE OF BEEKMANTOWN, THE DEBRIS WOULD BE SEEN A LITTLE TO THE NORTHEAST, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MOTION OF THE STORM AND THE WIND FLOW. LET’S GET YOU OUTSIDE TO THE WEATHER LAB. METEOROLOGIST ANDREW GRAUTSKI ON SCENE. WHAT’S THE VIBE RIGHT NOW? ANDREW? TYLER I WOULD SAY THE VIBE IS VERY MUCH THAT IT’S STILL AN ACTIVE SCENE. THERE’S QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE THAT’S AROUND ME RIGHT NOW, AND THERE’S BEEN LOTS OF ACTIVITY. I’M ASSUMING THE HOMEOWNERS AND SOME NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT CHECKING OUT THE DAMAGE AND WORKING ON SOME REPAIRS AS I SPEAK. THERE’S BEEN OTHER NEWS VEHICLES NEARBY. THERE’S BEEN SOME POWER COMPANIES AS WELL, SO THERE’S JUST A LOT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME VISUALS. LOOK AT THIS. I MEAN, THIS IS A BIG CHUNK OF ROOF THAT GOT RIPPED OFF OF THE HOME THAT YOU SEE STRAIGHT AHEAD THERE. SO CERTAINLY THERE WAS SOME INTENSE WIND ENERGY TO JUST PEEL THIS HUGE CHUNK OF ROOF OFF OF THIS HOME. AS I ZOOM IN TO THE BUILDING HERE, YOU CAN SEE THERE’S STILL A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE THAT YOU CAN MAKE OUT RIGHT ON THE TOP THERE. SEE HOW THE ROOF IS A LITTLE BIT PEELED UP AND OFF TO THE LEFT HERE THERE’S A BIG PILE OF BASICALLY LARGE BRANCHES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPILED OVER THE LAST PROBABLY HALF HOUR OR SO. I’VE HEARD THE CHAINSAWS GOING, CUTTING UP SOME LARGE CHUNKS OF TREE THAT HAD FALLEN. SO AS I ZOOM IN HERE OFF TO THE LEFT, SEE HOW THIS TREE KIND OF GOT BROKEN AND SPLIT LIKE MIDWAY UP. SO THERE WERE SOME LARGE BRANCHES THAT HAD FALLEN ONTO THE YARD. AND THOSE WORKERS THERE HAVE BEEN USING THE CHAINSAWS, CUTTING THEM UP AND PILING THE RESULTING SMALLER BRANCHES OFF TO THE SIDE. SO TREE DAMAGE, ROOF DAMAGE TO THIS HOME. AND THEN AS WE CROSS OVER TO THE LEFT HERE, THIS IS ACROSS NEW YORK 22. THERE’S A POWER COMPANY WORKING ON REPAIRING A POLE THAT’S EITHER THE POLE THAT SNAPPED DOWN OR IT’S THE NEW ONE THEY’RE LOOKING TO PUT IN ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT SOME DAMAGE TO A UTILITY POLE THAT’S BEING WORKED ON. AND LOOK AT THIS IN THE YARD ACROSS THE STREET. THIS IS THE CHUNK OF ROOF THAT GOT LIFTED. AND PRESUMABLY THROWN ACROSS THE ROAD. AND IT LANDED INTO THIS PERSON’S YARD. SO QUITE A BIT OF ROOF DAMAGE, TREE DAMAGE, POWER POLE DAMAGE, ALL OF THAT RIGHT HERE IN BEEKMANTOWN. THIS IS THE LATEST TYLER FOR THE REST OF THE FORECAST. BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, ANDREW. SO JUST TO RECAP, BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE, OUR EXPERIENCE, YES, THAT WAS A WEAK TORNADO, BUT WE DON’T GET A RATING UNTIL THE WEATHER SERVICE SCOPES OUT THE AREA. IF I HAD TO GUESS, PROBABLY EF0, VERY BRIEF, VERY WEAK, BUT STILL. WE’LL WAIT FOR THE WORD FROM THEM ON THE DETAIL OF THE TORNADO. SO THE RAIN CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS. WE’RE NOT SUPER CONCERNED ABOUT FURTHER DAMAGE, BUT OF COURSE WE’LL WATCH THE RADAR VERY CLOSELY. AND IF THAT CHANGES, WE’LL LET YOU KNOW. LOOK AT ALL THE SUNSHINE TOMORROW. BEAUTIFUL DAY. LAKE MONSTERS, VERMONT GREEN, 80 DEGREES 75 ON THURSDAY. JUST A SHOWER, SO STILL PRETTY GOOD. IT’S A LITTLE CHILLY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY I WOULD SAY THE WETTEST PART OF THE WEEKEND IS SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS, THE TEMP 68. SO COOL FOR JUNE. SHOULD BE IN THE MID AND UPPER 70S. BETTER FOR FATHER’S DAY THOUGH. SOME SUNSHINE, A LINGERING SHOWER CHANC