Tornado, Microburst, or Macroburst. Forest Hills, NY Damage on 9/16/2010

I live on Juno St. in Forest Hills, NY in the borough of Queens. This video was taken shortly after a MACROBURST swept through my neighborhood on 9/16/2010. I copy & pasted information below from the National Weather Service website explains in detail what happened in NYC (specifically Brooklyn & Queens) this day. My video focuses on the immediate aftermath of the macroburst in Forest Hills. Turns out a macroburst can be just as bad or worse than a tornado. I didn't even know what a macroburst was until this morning. The video focuses on Juno St. (between 68th & 69th Ave), P.S. 144 (which is right around the block from my home on 69th Ave. between Juno & Kessel St.), & the large tree at the end of the video is on the corner of 69th Ave & Loubet St. This tree is actually in front of my Mother's house (the house I grew up in) & the lady's car it crushed is my Aunt's. The song at the end is "Riders on the Storm" by The Doors (from a cd I own titled: LA Woman)

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.phpsite=NWS&issuedby=OKX&product=PNS

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1022 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010
...TWO TORNADOES AND A MACROBURST CONFIRMED ON SEPTEMBER 16 2010...
..CORRECTED TO CHANGE MICROBURST TO MACROBURST BECAUSE MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS GREATER THAN 2 1/2 MILES.
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR PARK SLOPE IN KINGS COUNTY (BROOKLYN) NY...
LOCATION...PARK SLOPE IN KINGS COUNTY (BROOKLYN) NY DATE...SEPTEMBER 16 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...5:33 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF0
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...80 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...75 YARDS
YARDS PATH LENGTH...2 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.67 N / 73.99 W
ENDING LAT/LON...40.69 N /73.96 W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO
NEAR PARK SLOPE (BROOKLYN) IN KINGS COUNTY NY ON SEPTEMBER 16 2010.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN PARK SLOPE AND LIFTED 2 MILES NE OF PARK SLOPE.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC.
FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.
********************************
...TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR FLUSHING AND BAYSIDE IN QUEENS COUNTY NY...
LOCATION...FLUSHING/BAYSIDE IN QUEENS COUNTY NY DATE...SEPTEMBER 16 2010 ESTIMATED TIME...5:42 PM EDT
MAXIMUM EF-SCALE RATING...EF1
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...100 YARDS
PATH LENGTH...4 MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.74 N / 73.84 W
ENDING LAT/LON...40.80 N / 73.76 W
* FATALITIES...1
* INJURIES...0
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A TORNADO NEAR FLUSHING/BAYSIDE IN QUEENS COUNTY NY ON SEPTEMBER 16 2010.
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF FLUSHING AND LIFTED 1 MILE NE OF BAYSIDE.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC.
.*****************************
...MACROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ CONFIRMED NEAR MIDDLE VILLAGE AND FOREST HILLS IN QUEENS COUNTY NY...
LOCATION...MIDDLE VILLAGE/FOREST HILLS IN QUEENS COUNTY NY DATE...SEPTEMBER 16 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...5:40 PM EDT ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...125 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...5 MILES
PATH LENGTH...8 MILES
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A MACROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ NEAR MIDDLE VILLAGE IN QUEENS
COUNTY NY ON SEPTEMBER 16 2010.
THE PATH OF THE MACROBURST WAS FROM MIDDLE VILLAGE TO FOREST HILLS.
THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/NYC.
FOR REFERENCE...
A MACROBURST IS A CONVECTIVE DOWNDRAFT WITH AN AFFECTED OUTFLOW AREA OF AT LEAST 2 1/2 MILES WIDE AND PEAK WINDS LASTING BETWEEN 5 AND 20 MINUTES. INTENSE MACROBURSTS MAY CAUSE TORNADO-FORCE DAMAGE OF UP TO
EF3 INTENSITY. STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE GENERALLY ANY WIND THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ROTATION...USED MAINLY TO DIFFERENTIATE THEM
FROM TORNADIC WINDS.

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[singingtiger36]

Hi Robert! A surreal video compilation. What a heartbreak! Our neighborhoods won't be the same in our lifetime. I am also in Forest Hills, which suffered the macroburst. Miraculously, some blocks were left untouched, but most were devastating. I have a blog, regoforestpreservation.blogspo­t.com People should share their experiences & link videos to the relevant blog postings. People need to call 311 & hope for FEMA. When all is cleared up, I will organize a tree campaign. - Michael Perlman

[NYRobK]

Thanks for commenting. I like your website. Keep in touch. Check out my channel again as I created another video that has footage of Forest Hills 2 days after the storm.

[DTRAVELZ]

Thanks for sharing. " it's your car huh?" " WHATEVERS LEFT OF IT" I feel bad for that guy. Still so amazing that only one person lost their life from this wide spread urban destruction.

[NYRobK]

Thanks for commenting. After looking at the destruction it is truly shocking that more people weren't injured or killed.

[kvq1999]

i thought ROB

BOBBY kamen lives there ??

what happened to him?

Long Hair got Shaveded Off?

come to Kessel & 144

Trippel

[NYRobK]

Bobby Kamen??? I think Mr Kamen still lives on Juno St....he was the leader of the cub scouts when I was a kid.....is this the Bobby Kamen your talking about? Not sure if he's still there...last time I saw him he was walking really slow....I think he is elderly / sick....I have not seen him in a while.

[raiden480]

Hay thats my bus XD

[4dOp]

song choice made me chuckle

[NYRobK]

Hi Bart. Thanks for the kind words. Your vid was impressive too.

[bartolszewski]

Great vid! Check out my, it shows the aftermath of the tornado in Middle Village.

[NYRobK]

You're welcome.