Finally the warm weather has come to Webbs Mills but so has the Severe Weather. At Around 1645 hrs on May 26, 2011 a severe thunderstorm came through and brought heavy rain, strong winds, and even golf ball size hail. For many this was an unusual type of event for the area. The storm came quickly and was over in fifteen minutes but it did blow trees over into some peoples property and hail did cause some minor damage to vehicles and houses. At 1700 hrs WMFD was dispatched to Bird Creek Rd. for a woods fire started by powerlines. Crews operated on that incident for a few hours while they waited for NYSEG whom was overflowing with calls at the time. At about 1930 hrs crews finally cleared and headed back to the station. Some left for dinner others for classes for the Fire Dept. and some people stayed at the Firehouse ready for the next emergency.

           Another storm developed and struck with heavier damage than the one before. This time the storm developed a funnel cloud which swept from Clark Hollow Rd. all the way to the neighborhood in Pine Hills. The first dispatch came in at around 2030 hrs when the storm was at its strongest. This dispatch was for two calls and at the same time Chief 1801 advised that there was a tornado touchdown on Clark Hollow near Dutch Hill Rd. Brush 1872 and Chiefs 1801 and 1803 called on responding to the incidents. When they were enroute another set of tones dropped for more calls in our district. Finally it came to the point where all of our units were operating at different incidents and calls were written onto a list due to the amounts. Mutual Aid was called from Pine City and Daggett but both were unable to respond because they were tied up with multiple incidents in their districts. Crews operated until 0200 hrs in the morning when all units reported back to the station to regroup. All 50 members were sent home to rest up until the morning when at 0800 hrs crews met back at the station.

     All through Friday members worked on removing trees from houses and vehicles because of the storm. Crews worked well with NYSEG as power was restored to all of the area by 0600 hrs Saturday morning. All day Friday WMFD was kept busy with removing trees from the community. On Sunday 5/29/11 members met once again to tackle the destruction left by the storm and was provided breakfast and lunch thanks to the Rufus Tanner House. At around 1400 hrs. all clean up was completed and roads were returned to their normal state of operation. A special thanks to All the members that spent countless hours halping their neighbors, Chemung County Sheriffs Dept., NYS DEC, NYSEG, Chemung County Highway Dept., Southport Town Highway Dept., and the Rufus Tanner House for providing excellent food for our firefighters.