Tornado, Richmond
- When
- October 28, 3:45 AM EST to 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Richmond County, New Dorp Beach
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.6 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -74.150 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, October 28, 1995
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:46 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kings
- When
- October 28, 4:10 AM EST
- Where
- Kings County, Bay Ridge
- Coordinates
- 40.634, -73.950 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Westchester
- When
- October 28, 4:30 AM EST
- Where
- Westchester County, Yonkers
- Coordinates
- 41.152, -73.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, October 28, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, October 28, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, October 28, 1995
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, October 28, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, October 28, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, October 28, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, October 28, 1995
More
Every storm in New York in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New York, 1995Warnings in New York, October 1995
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: 10336168, 10336477, 10338979.