Saturday’s Yellow Alert: RG&E outages, event cancellations, and tornado warning

MONROE COUNTY, N.Y. — Saturday is marked with severe thunderstorms, thousands of RG&E outages, event cancellations, and a tornado warning in the Canandaigua area.

Tornado warning

There was a tornado warning in the Canandaigua area, according to the National Weather Service on Saturday afternoon. The warning has since ended as of 1:45 p.m.

The affected areas included Geneva, Canandaigua, Clifton Springs, Phelps, Bloomfield, Farmington, Gorham, East Bloomfield, Manchester, and Shortsville. The weather service said a severe thunderstorm, capable of creating a tornado, was located near Canandaigua, moving east at 35 mph.

Cancellations

RG&E customer outages

According to RG&E, as of 2 p.m., over 1,200 RG&E homes are without power on Saturday. This comes as the Monroe County area is being hit with storms. The majority of current outages are in Perinton, with over 900 customers without power…

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