Record breaking 6 tornadoes reported in weekend storm

Record breaking 6 tornadoes reported in weekend storm

East Farmingdale, NY- The National Weather Service has upped the tally of tornadoes that whipped across Long Island over the weekend.  Officials now say it was a total of six tornadoes that touched down on Saturday.   The largest was an Ef1 that traveled for 3.5 miles from Shirley to Manorville.  The additional tornadoes all EF0’s, touched down from Remsenburg to Westhampton, East Islip to Oakdale, Woodmere to Uniondale to Levittown, also Hampton Bays to North Sea and another in North Bellport.  This was the first time Long Island had a confirmed tornado in the month of November.

Information on each of the tornadoes is available, here.





Photo: Debris from an EF0 tornado is piled up in front of a house on Bayview Avenue in East Islip on November 16, 2021, photo by Brett Levine