000 NOUS41 KOKX 142254 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-151030- 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 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 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
394 NOUS41 KOKX 142254 PNSOKX CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-151030- 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 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 * THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
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