Tornado rolls through Scotia, National Weather Service says
Paul Shave, partner at Empire Self Storage, checks his arm in front of his garage after a storm in the village of Scotia, N.Y., Tuesday, June 9, 2015. (Patrick Dodson/The Daily Gazette via AP) TROY, SCHENECTADY; SARATOGA SPRINGS; ALBANY AND AMSTERDAM OUT Credit: AP / Patrick Dodson
The National Weather Service says an upstate New York village outside of Albany was hit by a brief tornado.
Officials say the EF0 tornado hit parts of Scotia in Schenectady County Tuesday afternoon. The 25-yard wide tornado had winds up to 80 mph and was on the ground for about a quarter-mile.
Residents and crews spent the rest of the day cleaning up from aftermath of the strong winds. The storm ripped the roof off of a storage facility and toppled several trees. Three people in a shed that was knocked over suffered scrapes and bruises.
Several hundred people lost power for a few hours after the tornado passed through.
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