Monday, May 18, 2009 at 2:45 p.m.
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GEORGETOWN, MADISON COUNTY (AP) -- Weather service officials say two small tornadoes that touched down in parts of Central New York destroyed a handful of barns and sheds and damaged trees.
Steven Ippoliti, a National Weather Service meteorologist, says a tornado hit Cortland County just after 4:00 p.m. Saturday and moved into Madison County around 4:30 p.m. It was classified as a two on a scale that ranks the severity of tornadoes from zero to five.
Winds reached between 100 and 120 mph and a roof was torn off a house in the village of Georgetown, about 28 miles southeast of Syracuse. Several barns and outlying buildings were destroyed and trees were uprooted.
Ippoliti says Monday that a smaller tornado hit Chemung and Tioga counties just before 5 p.m. Saturday.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
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