East Farmingdale, NY- The National Weather Service confirms that three tornadoes touched down on Long Island over the weekend. The first tornado happened in Woodmere on Saturday, the EF0 tornado lifted and traveled at 50 miles per hour causing damage in the towns of Uniondale, Hempstead, Levittown. The second tornado another EF0 touched down in East Islip near Bayview Ave and then lifted and touched down again in Oakdale. The third and largest tornado, an EF1, with winds up to 110mph, touched down in Shirley, this storm ripped the roof off the Shirley Chipolte, tore the roofs off several homes, snapped trees and even damaged several small planes at Brookhaven Airport before ending in Manorville. Officials say there were no fatalities with any of the storms.
Below is the raw data from the National Weather Service for each of the three tornadoes.
TORNADO CONFIRMATION ON SATURDAY – 11-13-21 – LONG ISLAND
…NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/13/21 EF-0 TORNADO IN NASSAU COUNTY…
OVERVIEW…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COMPLETED A STORM SURVEY IN
NASSAU COUNTY NY AND FOUND THAT A TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN A
FEW LOCATIONS. THE FIRST REPORT OF A TOUCHDOWN WAS IN WOODMERE WHERE
SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWN. FROM THERE, THE TORNADO
LIFTED AND SKIPPED IN A FEW LOCATIONS AS IT TRAVELED NEARLY 50 MPH
TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD HEMPSTEAD, UNIONDALE AND LEVITTOWN. HERE,
DAMAGE REPORTS WERE SPORADIC, BUT IN UNIONDALE NY, THE TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AND TORE A ROOF OFF A TWO-STORY COLONIAL BUILDING
ON LIBERTY STREET, WHICH LANDED ON A NEARBY HOUSE. SCATTERED DEBRIS,
INCLUDING SHINGLES, INSULATION AND TWISTED SIDING WAS THROWN INTO
THE NEXT BLOCK UP, INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF EMERSON AND
GOODRICH STREET. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED NEAR CLOVER LANE
IN LEVITTOWN, WHERE A LARGE TREE WAS FELLED ONTO A HOUSE BEFORE THE
TORNADO LIFTED. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WISHES TO THANK NASSAU
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING THE
STORM SURVEY.
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.25 MILES (IN SUMMATION)
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 11/13/2021
START TIME: 2:37 PM EST
START LOCATION: 1 SE WOODMERE
START LAT/LON: 40.62490, -73.71979
END DATE: 11/13/2021
END TIME: 2:55 PM EST
END LOCATION: 1 N LEVITTOWN
END LAT/LON: 40.73421, -73.51465
&&
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0…WEAK……65 TO 85 MPH
EF1…WEAK……86 TO 110 MPH
EF2…STRONG….111 TO 135 MPH
EF3…STRONG….136 TO 165 MPH
EF4…VIOLENT…166 TO 200 MPH
EF5…VIOLENT…>200 MPH
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
554 PM EST SUN NOV 14 2021
…NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 11/13/2021 TORNADO IN SUFFOLK COUNTY…
…EF0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN EAST ISLIP, NY…
OVERVIEW…A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED AN
EF0 TORNADO IN EAST ISLIP, NY, A NARROW TORNADO OF 50 YD WIDTH
LIKELY TOUCHED DOWN AT THE SOUTHWESTERN END OF HOLLINS LANE, AND
THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST OVER BRUSHWOOD COURT, BAYVIEW AVENUE,
JOSEPHINE LANE AND THEN FINALLY OVER KAY COURT, BEFORE LIFTING OVER
THE JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPORT FIELDS. A FEW DOZEN LARGE
OAK, MAPLE AND PINE TREES WERE UPROOTED AND LAYING IN A EAST OR
NORTHEAST 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 SPLATER ON
SOUTH AND EAST SIDES OF SEVERAL HOUSES. THIS TORNADIC CIRCULATION
WAS LIKELY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF A 400 YD SWATH OF 65 TO 75 MPH
WEST TO SOUTHWEST STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAUSING ISOLATED LARGE TREES
TO BE UPROOTED AND SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS BROKEN.
AS MENTIONED, THE TORNADO LIKELY LIFTED OVER THE JOHN F KENNEDY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPORT FIELDS, BECOMING A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS FUNNEL
CLOUD MAY HAVE BREIFLY TOUCHED DOWN AS A WEAK TORNADO IN THE FROG
LANE AND JADE STREET AREA OF OAKDALE, RESULTING IN A VERY LARGE, BUT
PARTIALLY ROTTED, OAK TREE TO TOPPLE ONTO AND DESTROY A HOME. THE
FUNNEL CLOUD WAS VIDEOTAPED BY THE PUBLIC, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM
THE OLD NAVY DEPARTMENT STORE ON JOHNSON AVENUE (JUST NORTH OF
SUNRISE HIGHWAY), BUT NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED WITH THIS STORM.
BASED ON RADAR VELOCITY SIGNATURES AND DAMAGE ORIENTATION IN RELATION TO
THE GENERAL NORTHEAST MOTION OF THE PARENT STORM, THIS WAS DETERMINED TO
BE TORNADO DAMAGE, WITH DEGREE OF DAMAGE INDICATING EF0 DAMAGE.
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…EAST ISLIP, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
END LOCATION…OAKDALE, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY
DATE…NOVEMBER 13, 2021
ESTIMATED TIME…3:20 PM TO 3:22 PM
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING…EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…85 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…50 YARDS
PATH LENGTH…900 YARDS
BEGINNING LAT/LON…40.717779, -73.197229
ENDING LAT/LON…40.723105, -73.190136
* FATALITIES…0
* INJURIES…0
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
Photo: Roof ripped off Chipolte in Shirley from an EF1 tornado, Sunday, November 14, 2021.
