Doppler Radar - Staten Island - Brooklyn Tornado

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ALONG WITH NEW YORK CITY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT SEVERAL TORNADO
TOUCHDOWNS OCCURRED ALONG AN APPROXIMATE 9 MILE PATH FROM STATEN
ISLAND TO BROOKLYN IN THE EARLY MORNING OF AUGUST 8TH.

THE FIRST TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS IN STATEN ISLAND AT APPROXIMATELY
6:22 AM IN THE VICINITY OF ST. AUSTINS PLACE IN THE LIVINGSTON -
RANDALL MANOR AREA. THE TORNADO MOVED EAST...WITH ADDITIONAL DAMAGE
OCCURRING IN THE TOMPKINSVILLE AREA. MOST OF THE DAMAGE IN STATEN
ISLAND WAS TO TREES...AND ESTIMATED AT EF-1 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA
SCALE...WITH WINDS OF 86 TO 100 MPH.

BASED ON RE-ANALYSIS OF RADAR DATA, THE STATEN ISLAND TORNADO
APPARENTLY DISSIPATED AS A SECOND CIRCULATION DEVELOPED JUST NORTH
OF THE FIRST CIRCULATION. THE DAMAGE IN TOMPKINSVILLE MAY BE A
RESULT OF THIS SECOND CIRCULATION.




THIS CIRCULATION INTENSIFIED AS IT MOVED EAST ACROSS THE VERRAZANO
NARROWS. THE TORNADO RE-DEVELOPED BY THE TIME THE CIRCULATION MOVED
ON SHORE IN BROOKLYN. DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF FALLEN TREES AND
STRUCTURAL ROOF DAMAGE OCCURRED IN BAY RIDGE STARTING IN THE AREA
FROM SHORE ROAD BETWEEN 71ST AND 78TH EASTWARD TO BAY RIDGE BLVD.
THIS OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 6:32 AM. THE TORNADO MAY HAVE BRIEFLY
LIFTED AND THEN TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN ON BAY RIDGE AVENUE BETWEEN THIRD
AND FOURTH AVENUES...AND CONTINUED ON AN EAST-NORTHEAST PATH ACROSS
68TH STREET BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH AVENUES. ELEVEN HOMES IN THIS
SECTION HAD MODERATE TO SEVERE ROOF DAMAGE. THE STORM CONTINUED TO
MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST INTO LEIF ERICSON PARK SQUARE...WHERE SEVERE
DAMAGE TO TREES OCCURRED. AS THE TORNADO LIFTED...IT TORE OFF THE
ROOF OF THE NISSAN CAR DEALERSHIP AT THE CORNER OF 66TH STREET AND
FIFTH AVENUE. THE TORNADO RETURNED TO THE GROUND FARTHER
NORTHEAST...WITH SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE ALONG 6TH AVENUE. BASED ON
THE ASSESSED DAMAGE IN BAY RIDGE...THIS TORNADIC DAMAGE IS
CLASSIFIED AS EF-2 WITH ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 111 TO 135 MPH.

THE TORNADO RETURNED TO THE GROUND AS ANOTHER POCKET OF SIGNIFICANT
DAMAGE OCCURRED ON 58TH STREET BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH AVENUES. THE
ROOF WAS RIPPED OFF OF 5 HOMES...AND TREE DAMAGE INDICATES STRONG
EF-1 DAMAGE.

THE TORNADO THEN HEADED EAST...AND TOUCHED DOWN AT LEAST THE FOURTH
BUT FINAL TIME IN KENSINGTON JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF CHURCH
AVENUE AND BEVERLY ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 6:40 AM. NUMEROUS
TREES...APPROXIMATELY 30...WERE UPROOTED ALONG OCEAN PARKWAY AS THE
TORNADO MOVED EAST. THE TORNADO PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO TREES
AND STRUCTURES IN THE AREA WITH EAST 8TH AND 7TH STREETS BEING HIT
HARD. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AS FAR EAST AS ARGYLE ROAD. THE TORNADO
WAS ON THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE IN THIS AREA BEFORE IT
LIFTED.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS ALONG WITH METEOROLOGISTS
FROM THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK CONTINUE TO
ANALYZE DATA FROM THIS HISTORIC METEOROLOGICAL EVENT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAD ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR
PORTIONS OF STATEN ISLAND AND BROOKLYN AT 6:28 AM. A SECOND TORNADO
WARNING WAS ISSUED AT 6:50 AM FOR SECTIONS OF
BROOKLYN...QUEENS...AND NASSAU COUNTY.

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[iLoveSydBarrett]

Only Jesus can save you. The Bible is the only book you'll ever need to read.

[Legend813a]

@iLoveSydBarrett ... Whatever ...

[Oo0DesertEagleOo0]

@iLoveSydBarrett You ain't got no pancake mix.

[equinestar12]

@erasetoimprove oh nevermind... the lightning detection map on environment canada looks like that though, and the radar has way smaller pixels

[erasetoimprove]

Why are people freaking out? Do you think climate naturally stays the same all the time? UMM NO! Climate is always changing, with or without man. Some day our area will be prone to Hurricanes for a period of time... are people going to claim it's the end of the world then too? What about the mini-ice ages that naturally occur? guess that will mean the end of the world is coming too. Seriously there's way too many variables to do much else but recognize mother nature's power and unpredictability

[erasetoimprove]

@equinestar12 no it's definitely a radar.... What makes you think it's lightning detection?

[wilbur265]

@ICNTbone4 it was an ef0-ef1 so its not that strong

[onetimecake]

Double radar all the way!!



[silvanski]

Look at the tree!!!!!!!

[equinestar12]

this isn't a radar. this is a lightning detection map.

[tman383]

What kind of tracking software is that?

[ICNTbone4]

wow its just an F-1 tornado which really isnt new yorks first tornado and really not the strongest ....people need to calm down like really and just pray for the lady who lost her life in the storm