New York, 1991

Tornadoes in New York, August 19, 1991

August 19, 1991 · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

Event by event

2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Suffolk

When
August 19, 11:30 AM EST
Where
Suffolk County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
40 yd
Coordinates
40.950, -72.470

Tornado, Suffolk

When
August 19, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Suffolk County
Rating
F1
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
100 yd
Coordinates
40.950, -72.830

What these are

Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in New York in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New York, 1991Warnings in New York, August 1991

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10074258, 10074259.