WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO THE EXTREME WEATHER THAT PEOPLE IN BUFFALO WILL BE TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS. A CONFIRMED EF ONE TORNADO CUTTING THROUGH A MILE AND A HALF STRETCH OF THE CITY. SO MANY OF YOU GETTING OUT YOUR PHONES AND CAPTURING VIDEOS JUST LIKE THIS ONE. THE TORNADO CAME OFF LAKE ERIE IN FIRST TOUCHDOWN. THAT WHAT WILL SOON RALPH WILSON, CENTENNIAL PARK. IT CROSSES OVER THE ONE. 90 DID THE MOST DAMAGE RIGHT THERE ON THE LOWER WEST SIDE. BUT THEN CONTINUED OVER BUSY STREETS LIKE NIAGARA ELMWOOD, DELAWARE, AND MADE ALL THE WAY TO TUPPER BY THE 33 AT ITS PEAK, IT WAS ABOUT 3 FOOTBALL FIELDS WIDE WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ESTIMATING WIND GUSTS HIT 90 MILES PER HOUR. ERIN REYNOLDS IS A METEOROLOGIST WITH THE BUFFALO OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND HE JOINS ME NOW LIVE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING SOME TIME FOR US HERE. AND I KNOW WE ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WAS SEVERE WEATHER RISK YESTERDAY. NO ONE REALLY THOUGHT WE WERE IN FOR A TORNADO RISK WHITE. RIGHT WHEN THAT HAPPENS, YOU PUT OUT A TORNADO WATCH. CERTAINLY NO TORNADO WARNINGS WAS DOPPLER TELLING WHAT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS TORNADO? AS FAR AS WHAT RIGHT ON TOP INDICATING TO US THAT IT WAS VERY HARD. WAS NOT ALWAYS VERY DEFINITIVE WITH PARTICULAR TORNADO. >> AND WITH QUICK SPIN UPS CAN BE VERY HARD TO TELL. AND WITH THIS AND GIVE THE WANTED FELON BETWEEN THE RADAR AND WE'LL GET DATA EVERY 5 MINUTES. >> AND SO THAT SITUATION CAN CHANGE REALLY QUICKLY, RIGHT? AM I CORRECT THAT THIS WENT? ACTUALLY SORT OF STARTED. IT SEEMS OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THEN WENT OVER THE LAKE AND THEN CAME INTO BUFFALO. HOW UNIQUE IT IS. THAT PARTICULAR SCENARIO. LET'S TRACK TO START OVER IN CANADA AND THEN CROSSED OVER INTO OUR WATERS AND THEN ALSO INTO THE >> METROPOLITAN AREA. AND THIS IS A RARE LAST CURRENTS THAT WE HAVE WAS A WATER SPOUT THAT CAME ON LAND BRIEFLY NOT INCURRED IN 2017 WAS REPORTED BY THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. >> AARON, YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES THERE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WE'RE ABLE VERY QUICKLY TO CONFIRM THAT THIS WAS A TORNADO. I KNOW THAT YOU ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO A SITE SURVEY. YOU LOOK AT DAMAGE IN THIS AND THAT. BUT YOU ALSO RELY ON WITNESS ACCOUNTS AND VIDEO. AND IN THIS CASE WE HAD A TON OF VIDEO BECAUSE IT HAPPENED RIGHT DOWNTOWN SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING OUT THEIR WINDOWS. MAYBE WHILE THEY WERE WORK AND CAPTURING ALL THAT VIDEO. HOW DID THAT FACTOR INTO ALL THIS? THAT IS ONCE WE START RECEIVING THE VIDEO, WE KNOW WE HAVE A A >> TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND WE SENT QUICKLY SENT OUT SURVEY TEAM ON THOSE A COMMUNITY THAT WERE LOCATED PRETTY CLOSE TO THE BUFFALO METRO AREA ABLE TO GET THIS SURVEY DONE FAIRLY QUICKLY FOR HEARD ONE. IT WAS REMARKABLE YESTERDAY WHEN WE GOT THE NEWS THAT WE'VE HAD 5 TORNADOES NOW IN WESTERN NEW YORK SO FAR THIS YEAR, OF COURSE, WE HAD 4 ON ONE DAY. >> LAST MONTH AND THEN THE ONE YESTERDAY STATEWIDE. WE'VE NOW BROKEN A RECORD THAT'S EXISTED FOR AS LONG AS THEY'VE BEEN KEEPING RECORDS THE MOST TORNADOES EVER IN A SINGLE YEAR. WHAT'S GOING ON? I THINK THAT'S JUST SORT QUESTION PEOPLE ARE ASKING. I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A HECK OF THE SUMMER. THAT THAT'S CORRECT. I MEAN, WE'VE BROKEN THE STATE RECORD. WE'VE HAD 26 FOR THE HERE IN OUR COUNTY WARNING AREA THAT WE COVER. WE HAVE 10 JUST A STORM SYSTEMS ARE LINING UP COMING AT THE RIGHT TIME THE EATING DURING THE DAYTIME THEM DOWN THE INGREDIENTS. ARE THERE. >> AND THEN THIS IS THE RESULT. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL CLEANING UP, BUT IT'S INTERESTING TO GET YOUR INSIGHT ON ON HOW THIS HAPPENED AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT ANY FINAL THOUGHTS FROM YOU IN TERMS OF OF WHAT STANDS OUT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TORNADO WITH ITS ITS SIZE, ITS WIND SPEEDS, THAT SORT OF THING. >> NOTHING STANDS OUT IN THE FACT THAT AND IN A POPULATED WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WE REPORTED SO FAR IN THE BUFFALO METRO AREA. >> BOTH LIVED HERE THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. THEY'VE NEVER OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. NO, I'M JUST DO. MY THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE FORECAST NO WEATHER RADIO NOW, YOUR WEATHER SOURCE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE THAT YOU CAN GET TO STAY ALERT. GREAT ADVICE. GREAT TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, SIR.