A tornado touched down in New York State when a round of severe storms sweep through the region Friday night, May 15, the National Weather Service confirmed. The twister was in one of the northern areas of New York and Connecticut in which a Tornado Watch was in effect. It touched down between 5:59 p.m.…
EF1 tornado confirmed on Long Island, road collapse shuts state park
SOUTHOLD, Long Island (WABC) — Long Island continues to clean up from wild weather over the weekend and into Monday, with a confirmed tornado on Fishers Island and a road collapse the prompted the closure of Orient Beach State Park. The low-grade EF-1 tornado had estimated wind speeds of 90 miles per hour and was…
Fishers Island tornado upgraded to EF1, National Weather Service says
The tornado that touched down Monday morning on Fishers Island, at the eastern end of the Long Island Sound, was upgraded to an EF1, the next to the lowest category, according to a crew of National Weather Service meteorologists who assessed the site Tuesday. Touching down a quarter mile or so east of Wilderness Point…
National Weather Service confirms tornado in West Seneca
West Seneca, N.Y. (WKBW) – The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado with winds estimated between 65 and 75 mph damaged a condo complex in West Seneca. Around 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, neighbors on Greenmeadow Drive in West Seneca reported seeing a funnel cloud touch down, which in turn, caused severe damage to…
EF1 Tornado Confirmed in New Canaan: National Weather Service
The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF1 tornado in New Canaan Tuesday when severe storms moved through the state. Officials also confirmed EF1 tornadoes near New Castle, New York and Stony Point, New York and an EF0 tornado in Ronkonkoma, New York. According to the NWS report, a severe thunderstorm produced the tornado near…
Tornadoes Are Ripping Through the Northeast
Start with summer heat, add a dash of humidity and a misbehaving jet stream and suddenly the Northeast is the new Tornado Alley. At least five tornadoes tore across the Northeast from New Hampshire to New York last week, including one in Queens late Thursday that ripped up trees, knocked down power lines and stripped…
Four tornadoes in 2 hours made it New York’s worst May outbreak in 16 years
Four twisters touched down in the Hudson Valley Tuesday in two hours’ time, making the event the worst May outbreak in New York in 16 years. When you add the stealth tornado that rolled through the Finger Lakes 12 days earlier, this becomes the most tornadic May in 16 years as well — with nearly…
Tornado with winds of 100 mph touched down in Finger Lakes: weather service
Syracuse, N.Y. — A tornado with maximum winds of 100 mph touched down last week in Penn Yan, the National Weather Service confirmed today. After a daylong investigation, the weather service determined a tornado tore through the Yates County village about 8:20 p.m. Thursday. No one was killed or injured. The tornado hit a barn,…
NWS confirms tornado last week near Penn Yan
PENN YAN (WROC) – – The National Weather Service says it has confirmed a tornado touched down near Penn Yan during storms last week. The tornado was recorded between 8:19 p.m. and 8:21 p.m. Thursday night. The service says the tornado hit a barn on East Swamp Road then scattered debris across a nearby field.…
Three tornadoes in three states, but no warnings. What happened?
One tornado tossed a car like a toy, another reduced buildings to rubble, a third shredded trees to splinters. Three recent tornadoes hit three different states — New York, Oklahoma, and Maryland — yet no tornado warnings were issued before any of the twisters touched down. Do we have a problem? The National Weather Service,…