Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - It was hail by the handful, rain by the bucket and waves of wind across Buffalo and Western New York Tuesday night as a line of storms slammed the region.
The National Weather Service was tracking the storms with impressive lightning as they made their way from north to south across the Buffalo metro, awakening residents with unending claps of thunder and the sounds of sheets of rain and pelting hail.
"We had a lot of reports of inch and a half diameter hail, which is the size of a ping pong ball," said Hitchcock.
Check out the hail in Riverside last night https://t.co/FVBYBlcs3S
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June 3, 2020 A close up of the hail that fell last night from Kevin in Glenwood, N.Y. pic.twitter.com/Hb15eZO3g4
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June 3, 2020 Extreme winds were problematic as well, leaving power lines down and tree damage across the region.
About 1.5 inches of rain fell across the region during the storms according to Hitchcock and he tells us they received about a half dozen reports of downed trees in Buffalo as a result of the storms.
Tree damage not far from Chestnut Ridge Park in Orchard Park. #violentstorm pic.twitter.com/6EhJn8FQwI
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June 3, 2020 The Town of Tonawanda has had to temporarily close its boat launch at the foot of Sheridan Drive due to downed trees and branches near the docking area. Officials hope to reopen the boat launch by this weekend.
