SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF THURSDAY JULY 14,
2022. THE STORM BROUGHT LOCALIZED AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT TREE
DAMAGE FROM LAKE RONKONKOMA EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH THE SELDEN AND
CORAM AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR, OBSERVATIONAL ANALYSIS, PHOTOS, AND
VIDEOS SUPPORT THE DAMAGE BEING CONSISTENT WITH STRAIGHT-LINE
WINDS FROM SEVERAL MICROBURSTS. THE MOST CONCENTRATED WIND DAMAGE
WAS IN THE AREA OF SACHEM NORTH HIGH SCHOOL AND SMITH STREET, WITH
NUMEROUS LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND SEVERAL TREE TOPS SNAPPED OFF.
THIS DAMAGE ORIENTATION AND MAGNITUDE IS CONSISTENT WITH
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ESTIMATED TO RANGE FROM 65 TO 80 MPH. THERE
WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION WITH THE STORM AND NO TORNADO SURVEY
IS PLANNED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK, NY WOULD LIKE
TO THANK SUFFOLK COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR
THEIR ASSISTANCE IN EXAMINING THE DAMAGE AREAS AS WELL AS TRAINED
SPOTTERS, LOCAL MEDIA, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR DAMAGE REPORTS
FROM THURSDAY EVENING.