Parsley Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Anyone have a radar loop across Long Island during the event yesterday? All I got was one still after family alerted me it was moving through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofmiami Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 START LOCATION...CHESHIRE, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT END LOCATION...CHESHIRE, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, CT DATE...NOVEMBER 13, 2021 ESTIMATED TIME...3:30 PM to 3:34 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...75 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS PATH LENGTH...3.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...41.48751, -72.9355 ENDING LAT/LON...41.51865, -72.88036 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIWeatherGuy29 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 2 hours ago, psv88 said: upton confirmed the twister in Nassau. Woodmere to Levittown. EF 0 It hit just a few blocks from where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofmiami Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Public Information Statement National Weather Service New York NY 828 PM EST Sun Nov 14 2021 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/13/2021 TORNADO EVENT... ...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SHIRLEY TO MANORVILLE, NY... OVERVIEW...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO IN SHIRLEY, NY. A TORNADO LIKELY TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF FRANCINE PLACE AND MASTIC BLVD, TRAVELLING EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD TRACKS AND ADJACENT BACKYARDS. NUMEROUS OAK, MAPLE AND PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND LAYING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK OR HAD LARGE BRANCHES SHEARED OFF ALONG THIS PATH. IN ADDITION, MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FOR SEVERAL HOUSES, AS WELL AS LEAF SPLATTER ON SOUTH AND EAST SIDES. THE DAMAGE SWATH AT THIS POINT WAS ONLY ABOUT 25 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO THEN HOOKED NORTHEAST OVER THE LIDL SUPERMARKET (SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER COMPLEX), FLIPPING OVER A 5 TON AIR HANDLER UNIT ON THE ROOF, BEFORE TEARING OFF THE PARAPET AND COLLAPSING THE COVERED WALKWAY OF THE CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. DAMAGE PATH REMAINED ABOUT 25 YARDS, BUT DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF1 WINDS OF 95 TO 105 MPH. PUBLIC VIDEO SHOWED THE APPARENT TORNADIC CIRCULATION LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAM FLOYD PARKWAY AND MONTAUK HIGHWAY TOWARDS THE APPLEBEES SHOPPING CENTER, WITH DEBRIS BEING THROWN IN ONE DIRECTION THEN ANOTHER. SIDING AND SHINGLES FROM THE CHIPOTLE WERE THROWN NORTHEAST ABOUT 250 YARDS ACROSS THIS INTERSECTION AND INTO THE APPLEBEES SHOPPING CENTER. OTHER THAN THE DEBRIS, SOME SMALL TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE PARKING LOT AND LAYING TO THE NORTHEAST AND FLASHING WAS RIPPED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE APPLESBEES AND UNOCCUPIED ADJACENT RETAIL STORE. THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION MAY HAVE BRIEFLY LIFTED AT THIS POINT, WITH ABOUT A 50 YD SWATH OF 65 TO 75 MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ACROSS THIS SHOPPING CENTER. THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION THEN TOUCHED DOWN ONCE AGAIN TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE APPLEBEES SHOPPING CENTER. LIFTING THE ENTIRE ROOF OFF A 2 STORY MULTI FAMILY RESIDENCE ON THE CORNER OF GRAND AVENUE AND MCGRAW STREET. THE ROOF WAS TOSSED AS FAR AS 150 YARDS TO THE NORTH, INTO THE BACKYARD OF NEIGHBORING HOUSES TO THE NORTH ON GRAND AVENUE. ONE SECTION OF THIS ROOF, ACTUALLY IMPALED ITSELF INTO THE SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE TO THE NORTH, AND MADE SUCH A STRONG IMPACT THAT IT SKEWED THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THAT HOUSE. BASED ON THE EXTENT OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THESE HOUSES, AND ADJACENT 50 YD SWATH OF UPROOTED, SNAPPED OR SHEARED LARGE TREES, THIS DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF1 WINDS OF AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO STRENGTH LIKELY PEAKED AT THIS POINT. THE ENTIRETY OF THE EF1 TORNADIC DAMAGE PATH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF MONTAUK HIGHWAY WAS AROUND 1/4 MILE. THE TORNADO WOULD THEN MAKE ITS WAY NORTH ACROSS SUNRISE HIGHWAY, SKIPPING ITS WAY NORTHEAST FOR THE NEXT 4 1/2 MILES, WITH AREAS OF DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0. ON ITS PATH IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST THROUGH BROOKHAVEN CALABRO AIRPORT, FLIPPING OVER OR SHIFTING A FEW SMALL SINGLE ENGINE PLANES. THEREAFTER IT MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH PANCHO DRIVE, TITMUS DRIVE, ABBOT AVE, AND BURNEY BLVD JUST TO THE EAST NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED, TRUNKS SNAPPED OR BRANCHES SHEARED IN AN APPROXIMATElY 50 YD PATH, WITH ACCOMPANYING MINOR ROOF, SIDING AND FENCING DAMAGE IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO LIKELY SKIPPED NORTH TO THE INTERSECTION OF BARNES ROADS AND MORICHES-MIDDLE ISLAND ROAD WITH A SMALL AREA OF ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE, BEFORE MAKING A FINAL NEARLY MILE LONG AND 50 YD WIDE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH NORTHEAST ACROSS FORESTON CIRCLE, EAGLE LANE, NESTLEDOWN AVENUE, WADING RIVER ROAD, TUPELO STREET AND THEN ACROSS TO THE INTERSECTION OF SILAS WOODS ROAD AND SOUTH STREET BEFORE FINALLY LIFTING. SEVERAL DOZEN LARGE HARD AND SOFT WOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND LAYING IN A NORTHERLY OR NORTHEAST DIRECTION, AS COMPARED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST DIRECTION OF STORM MOVEMENT. IN ADDITION, NUMEROUS TREE TOPS WERE SHEARED AND TREE TRUNKS SNAPPED WITH MINOR ROOF, SIDING AND FENCING DAMAGE OBSERVED FOR NUMEROUS HOUSES ALONG THIS PATH. A LARGE CAMPER NORTH/SOUTH FACING CAMPER ON TUPELO DRIVE WAS ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE. THE DESCRIBED 50 YD CONVERGENT TORNADIC DAMAGE PATTERN WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0 TORNADO WITH 85 MPH WINDS, AND WAS FLANKED TO THE SOUTHEAST BY A 500 YD PATH OF SCATTERED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH 65 TO 75 MPH SOUTHWESTERLY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUFFOLK COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES LONG ISLAND SECTOR, AND NEW YORK STATE POLICE IN ASSISTING IN THE SURVEY AND HELPING FORMULATE THIS PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. START LOCATION...Shirley, Suffolk County, NY END LOCATION...Manorville, Suffolk County, NY DATE...November 13, 2021 ESTIMATED TIME...3:42 PM TO 3:50 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...110 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 yards PATH LENGTH...3.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.798227, -72.871182 ENDING LAT/LON...40.853652, -72.810073 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 1 hour ago, uofmiami said: Public Information Statement National Weather Service New York NY 828 PM EST Sun Nov 14 2021 ...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/13/2021 TORNADO EVENT... ...EF1 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN SHIRLEY TO MANORVILLE, NY... OVERVIEW...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO IN SHIRLEY, NY. A TORNADO LIKELY TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTHWEST OF FRANCINE PLACE AND MASTIC BLVD, TRAVELLING EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD TRACKS AND ADJACENT BACKYARDS. NUMEROUS OAK, MAPLE AND PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND LAYING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK OR HAD LARGE BRANCHES SHEARED OFF ALONG THIS PATH. IN ADDITION, MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED FOR SEVERAL HOUSES, AS WELL AS LEAF SPLATTER ON SOUTH AND EAST SIDES. THE DAMAGE SWATH AT THIS POINT WAS ONLY ABOUT 25 YARDS WIDE. THE TORNADO THEN HOOKED NORTHEAST OVER THE LIDL SUPERMARKET (SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER COMPLEX), FLIPPING OVER A 5 TON AIR HANDLER UNIT ON THE ROOF, BEFORE TEARING OFF THE PARAPET AND COLLAPSING THE COVERED WALKWAY OF THE CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. DAMAGE PATH REMAINED ABOUT 25 YARDS, BUT DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF1 WINDS OF 95 TO 105 MPH. PUBLIC VIDEO SHOWED THE APPARENT TORNADIC CIRCULATION LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE INTERSECTION OF WILLIAM FLOYD PARKWAY AND MONTAUK HIGHWAY TOWARDS THE APPLEBEES SHOPPING CENTER, WITH DEBRIS BEING THROWN IN ONE DIRECTION THEN ANOTHER. SIDING AND SHINGLES FROM THE CHIPOTLE WERE THROWN NORTHEAST ABOUT 250 YARDS ACROSS THIS INTERSECTION AND INTO THE APPLEBEES SHOPPING CENTER. OTHER THAN THE DEBRIS, SOME SMALL TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE PARKING LOT AND LAYING TO THE NORTHEAST AND FLASHING WAS RIPPED OFF THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE APPLESBEES AND UNOCCUPIED ADJACENT RETAIL STORE. THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION MAY HAVE BRIEFLY LIFTED AT THIS POINT, WITH ABOUT A 50 YD SWATH OF 65 TO 75 MPH STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ACROSS THIS SHOPPING CENTER. THE TORNADIC CIRCULATION THEN TOUCHED DOWN ONCE AGAIN TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE APPLEBEES SHOPPING CENTER. LIFTING THE ENTIRE ROOF OFF A 2 STORY MULTI FAMILY RESIDENCE ON THE CORNER OF GRAND AVENUE AND MCGRAW STREET. THE ROOF WAS TOSSED AS FAR AS 150 YARDS TO THE NORTH, INTO THE BACKYARD OF NEIGHBORING HOUSES TO THE NORTH ON GRAND AVENUE. ONE SECTION OF THIS ROOF, ACTUALLY IMPALED ITSELF INTO THE SIDE OF THE NEIGHBORING HOUSE TO THE NORTH, AND MADE SUCH A STRONG IMPACT THAT IT SKEWED THE VERTICAL STRUCTURE OF THAT HOUSE. BASED ON THE EXTENT OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THESE HOUSES, AND ADJACENT 50 YD SWATH OF UPROOTED, SNAPPED OR SHEARED LARGE TREES, THIS DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF1 WINDS OF AROUND 110 MPH. THE TORNADO STRENGTH LIKELY PEAKED AT THIS POINT. THE ENTIRETY OF THE EF1 TORNADIC DAMAGE PATH TO THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHEAST OF MONTAUK HIGHWAY WAS AROUND 1/4 MILE. THE TORNADO WOULD THEN MAKE ITS WAY NORTH ACROSS SUNRISE HIGHWAY, SKIPPING ITS WAY NORTHEAST FOR THE NEXT 4 1/2 MILES, WITH AREAS OF DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0. ON ITS PATH IT CONTINUED NORTHEAST THROUGH BROOKHAVEN CALABRO AIRPORT, FLIPPING OVER OR SHIFTING A FEW SMALL SINGLE ENGINE PLANES. THEREAFTER IT MOVED NORTHEAST THROUGH PANCHO DRIVE, TITMUS DRIVE, ABBOT AVE, AND BURNEY BLVD JUST TO THE EAST NORTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. SEVERAL LARGE TREES WERE UPROOTED, TRUNKS SNAPPED OR BRANCHES SHEARED IN AN APPROXIMATElY 50 YD PATH, WITH ACCOMPANYING MINOR ROOF, SIDING AND FENCING DAMAGE IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO LIKELY SKIPPED NORTH TO THE INTERSECTION OF BARNES ROADS AND MORICHES-MIDDLE ISLAND ROAD WITH A SMALL AREA OF ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE, BEFORE MAKING A FINAL NEARLY MILE LONG AND 50 YD WIDE TORNADO DAMAGE PATH NORTHEAST ACROSS FORESTON CIRCLE, EAGLE LANE, NESTLEDOWN AVENUE, WADING RIVER ROAD, TUPELO STREET AND THEN ACROSS TO THE INTERSECTION OF SILAS WOODS ROAD AND SOUTH STREET BEFORE FINALLY LIFTING. SEVERAL DOZEN LARGE HARD AND SOFT WOOD TREES WERE UPROOTED AND LAYING IN A NORTHERLY OR NORTHEAST DIRECTION, AS COMPARED TO THE EAST NORTHEAST DIRECTION OF STORM MOVEMENT. IN ADDITION, NUMEROUS TREE TOPS WERE SHEARED AND TREE TRUNKS SNAPPED WITH MINOR ROOF, SIDING AND FENCING DAMAGE OBSERVED FOR NUMEROUS HOUSES ALONG THIS PATH. A LARGE CAMPER NORTH/SOUTH FACING CAMPER ON TUPELO DRIVE WAS ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE. THE DESCRIBED 50 YD CONVERGENT TORNADIC DAMAGE PATTERN WAS CONSISTENT WITH AN EF0 TORNADO WITH 85 MPH WINDS, AND WAS FLANKED TO THE SOUTHEAST BY A 500 YD PATH OF SCATTERED TREE AND POWERLINE DAMAGE AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH 65 TO 75 MPH SOUTHWESTERLY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE NWS WOULD LIKE TO THANK SUFFOLK COUNTY FIRE RESCUE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES LONG ISLAND SECTOR, AND NEW YORK STATE POLICE IN ASSISTING IN THE SURVEY AND HELPING FORMULATE THIS PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT. START LOCATION...Shirley, Suffolk County, NY END LOCATION...Manorville, Suffolk County, NY DATE...November 13, 2021 ESTIMATED TIME...3:42 PM TO 3:50 PM MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1 ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...110 MPH MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...50 yards PATH LENGTH...3.5 MILES BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.798227, -72.871182 ENDING LAT/LON...40.853652, -72.810073 * FATALITIES...0 * INJURIES...0 Incredible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Snowing here.. snow is confined to areas above 700’. Temp is 35 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 @donsutherland1is there any record of Long Island recording 3 tornadoes on the same day before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, psv88 said: @donsutherland1is there any record of Long Island recording 3 tornadoes on the same day before? There were 3 tornadoes on June 30, 1998. This was likely a record-tying outbreak for Long Island. https://data.democratandchronicle.com/tornado-archive/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 6 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said: I am not aware of it. This was likely a record outbreak for Long Island. Thanks. Along with the 3 in CT this was a memorable event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, psv88 said: Thanks. Along with the 3 in CT this was a memorable event. Updated. There were 3 on 6/30/1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 1 minute ago, donsutherland1 said: Updated. There were 3 on 6/30/1998. For Long Island or CT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriPol Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 4 tornadoes in CT in a November. Amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 38 minutes ago, psv88 said: For Long Island or CT? Long Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 9 hours ago, Parsley said: Anyone have a radar loop across Long Island during the event yesterday? All I got was one still after family alerted me it was moving through. All i have is Nassau unfortunately 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, Rjay said: All i have is Nassau unfortunately Thanks. That shows the progression into western Suffolk which is what I didn't see (live) before I started getting texts. That's line was impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Parsley said: Thanks. That shows the progression into western Suffolk which is what I didn't see (live) before I started getting texts. That's line was impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerangedHermit Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 15 hours ago, donsutherland1 said: There were 3 tornadoes on June 30, 1998. This was likely a record-tying outbreak for Long Island. https://data.democratandchronicle.com/tornado-archive/ With a fourth confirmed for Speonk/Remsenburg, this is apparently a recordbreaker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjay Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 42 minutes ago, DerangedHermit said: With a fourth confirmed for Speonk/Remsenburg, this is apparently a recordbreaker Just for posterity 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 8:26 PM, LIWeatherGuy29 said: It hit just a few blocks from where I live. thats the tornado that hit here! we lost power for 3 hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Rjay said: Just for posterity 7th on Long Island? I thought there were 4 on Long Island and 4 in CT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 8:37 AM, jconsor said: Interesting regarding the Long Island tornadoes yesterday (note the tweet incorrectly says CT instead of NY). The analogs and Enhanced Fujita scale probabilities are based on the radar signature. Note that only six of the 34 tornadoes observed on LI between 1950 and 2020 were F2, with no F3 ever observed. Before yesterday, there has never been a Nov tornado observed on LI dating back to 1950: See the following for historical tornado data/trends:https://bronx.news12.com/are-tornadoes-becoming-more-common-on-long-island-41004515https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?eventType=(C)+Tornado&beginDate_mm=01&beginDate_dd=01&beginDate_yyyy=1950&endDate_mm=12&endDate_dd=31&endDate_yyyy=2020&county=NASSAU%3A59&county=SUFFOLK%3A103&hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DT&submitbutton=Search&statefips=36%2CNEW+YORK how does one compare the old F scale to the new EF scale? For example in 1998 on Labor Day an F2 tornado hit Lynbrook....what would that be rated on the EF scale? And why make a new scale, instead of adjusting the wind speeds on the old scale? It makes things much more confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 9:00 AM, jconsor said: This event in Nov last year was a squall line with embedded microbursts (no confirmed tornadoes), but reflects the same pattern you mentioned:https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/weather/2020/11/20/a-history-of-late-season-tornadoes-in-new-york-cityhttps://www.weather.gov/phi/EventReview20201115 Another one from late Oct 2019 with very widespread reports of severe wind gusts in the mid-Atlantic/NE along a squall line, along with several tornadoes:https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/11/01/halloween-storms-packed-punch-across-region/ How does this compare to the November 1989 severe weather outbreak? I thought we had tornadoes then too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 6:20 PM, wdrag said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_1989_tornado_outbreak Check out the above: IF that's what we recorded in Nov 1989 (without doppler/without social media)... It happens... just more attention now with increased voracious media coverage through social media. that was an amazing outbreak- I still remember it! I'm sure there were tornadoes on Long Island in November 1989 but we just didn't record them as well as we do now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 6:24 PM, psv88 said: Disagree. It’s not like we have not had cameras and video cameras for the past 30 years… I lived through that outbreak, it was MUCH worse than the current outbreak, it was like we were in the midwest lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 3:36 PM, bluewave said: Damage reports in Lynbrook. Chris how does this compare to the Labor Day 1998 F2 tornado in Lynbrook? What towns did that pass over and is there a map of its path? Was that the strongest tornado that ever hit Long Island? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/13/2021 at 4:17 PM, bluewave said: This was the first time that I saw asperatus clouds ahead of severe storms on Long Island. whats the difference between asperatus and mammatus? I thought mammatus were tornado clouds? I remember seeing them in November 1989...... we were at high school and were told to go outside onto the football field and I saw clouds that hung down like sacs from the sky, they looked like they were spinning too...multiple spinning vortices in the sky and the wind was blowing so hard we could barely open the door 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 8:37 AM, jconsor said: Interesting regarding the Long Island tornadoes yesterday (note the tweet incorrectly says CT instead of NY). The analogs and Enhanced Fujita scale probabilities are based on the radar signature. Note that only six of the 34 tornadoes observed on LI between 1950 and 2020 were F2, with no F3 ever observed. Before yesterday, there has never been a Nov tornado observed on LI dating back to 1950: See the following for historical tornado data/trends:https://bronx.news12.com/are-tornadoes-becoming-more-common-on-long-island-41004515https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?eventType=(C)+Tornado&beginDate_mm=01&beginDate_dd=01&beginDate_yyyy=1950&endDate_mm=12&endDate_dd=31&endDate_yyyy=2020&county=NASSAU%3A59&county=SUFFOLK%3A103&hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DT&submitbutton=Search&statefips=36%2CNEW+YORK Shocked that Shirley tornado wasn't at least an EF2. Was it stronger than the others because two tornadoes combined to produce that one? And are EF2 and F2 tornadoes equivalent....in other words was the 1998 Labor Day Lynbrook F2 tornado about as strong as an EF2 tornado would be today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 The little + sign is multiquote dude 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 7 hours ago, LibertyBell said: I lived through that outbreak, it was MUCH worse than the current outbreak, it was like we were in the midwest lol. Which outbreak? This was the worst tornado outbreak on record for the island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 18 minutes ago, psv88 said: Which outbreak? This was the worst tornado outbreak on record for the island November 1989 just in terms of severe weather damage. Here's what I remember from having a fire drill that day and going outside We went out into the football field, but had huge problems getting the doors open because the winds were pushing so hard against it. Got outside and saw these strange green clouds hanging from the sky in weird shapes, festoons and pointy triangular shapes with the vertices of the triangles pointed downward, many of them spinning. First time I ever saw that. And it was like that all afternoon and most of the leaves on the trees came down on that day. The earliest I've ever seen them come down. I should say the Labor Day 1998 outbreak is right up there too- we had a F2 tornado hit Lynbrook and lots of damage and destruction around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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