Teams of storm damage inspectors were on Long Island Sunday to review conditions that downed trees on cars and sidewalks in parts of this part of New York after severe weather on Saturday.
Upon inspection, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that two EF-0 tornadoes made landfall in several Long Island cities. One of them in Nassau County and the other in Suffolk County, which have no tornado records in November.
The first had made landfall briefly in several cities in Nassau County, including Levittown, one of the cities that was damaged several times after falling trees.
According to the Nassau County tornado report, it first made landfall in Woodmere where several trees and power lines were downed after severe weather. The tornado was traveling north at about 50 mph, the report says, and reached Hempstead, Uniondale and Levittown where the damage was multiple. However, the NWS clarified that Uniondale the destruction was greater, one of those when it wiped out the roof of a house
The tornado had peak winds of 85 miles per hour, the preliminary report found.
We can confirm the first tornado from yesterday’s severe weather event in our region.
An EF-0 touched down briefly in several towns of Nassau County, NY. Read the full report: https://t.co/dWRdxfRU7i
– NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) November 14, 2021
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The second tornado made landfall in East Islip, Suffolk County. Several oak, maple and pine trees were felled. Damage was observed in several houses and the tornado circulation reached up to about 75 mph.
The line of thunderstorms that moved across the tri-state area Saturday night led to tornado watches being issued to residents of Suffolk and Nassau counties. After these warnings, strong winds arrived that left several damages in the area.
The National Weather Service (NWS) had announced it would dispatch storm damage surveyors to Suffolk County and parts of southern Connecticut to inspect the damage on Sunday. They would visit Mastic and Shirley, as well as Stonington, Old Lyme, Branford, and Cheshire in Connecticut.
Here is a Public Information Statement with details on today’s Storm Damage Surveys. We will be conducting surveys near Mastic and Shirley in Suffolk and Stonington, Old Lyme, Branford, and Cheshire in S CT. Thank you to everyone who sent us reports! https://t.co/AcxTXHy1n2
– NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) November 14, 2021
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One of the towns hit by the tornado fur Levittown, a house on Clover Lane was nearly split in two after a large tree fell on the property. Luckily no one was home and no one was injured.
The tree was large enough to break through part of the sidewalk along the front of the property.
The owner, who says the house was under construction and vacant, couldn’t believe the state of his residence
“I couldn’t believe it. It’s a huge tree, it’s crazy. This house has to be torn down completely and start over,” Nick Barberio told our sister network. News 4.
A van parked in Hilltop Road It was also destroyed after a tree fell on the vehicle.
Damage also occurred in other parts of New York. For example, winds knocked down a lamp post on a bus in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City.
New Jersey was not far behind. Downed utility poles were also seen at Red Bank.
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