A warm front in conjunction with strong upper level winds produced numerous severe thunderstorms, including tornadic cells, across the New York City Metropolitan Area.
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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 episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
A warm front in conjunction with strong upper level winds produced numerous severe thunderstorms, including tornadic cells, across the New York City Metropolitan Area.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 16, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
335 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...DRAGGING A COLD
FRONT THROUGH ON FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS EAST FOR MOST
OF THE WEEKEND. A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES ON SUNDAY...FOLLOWED
BY A RETURN OF HIGH PRESSURE FOR THE START OF THE NEW WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
A WARM FRONT JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA AND ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP LOW
PRES TRACKING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE NORTH THROUGH THE
REGION THIS EVENING. THIS WILL USHER A WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS FOR THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM 500 TO 1000 J/KG...AND WITH A 50-60 KT LOW
LEVEL JET DEVELOPING AT ABOUT 925 MB...WILL LOOK FOR THE POTENTIAL
FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
WITH THE 50-60 KT LOW LEVEL JET AT 925 MB OVER THE EASTERN
ZONES...NEARLY 100 PERCENT OF THE WINDS WOULD HAVE TO MIX DOWN TO
REACH HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA. THIS LOW LEVEL JET IS NOT QUITE
AS STRONG AS INITIALLY EXPECTED. AS SUCH...WILL GO AHEAD AND
CANCEL THE HIGH WIND WATCH AND REPLACE IT WITH A WIND ADVISORY FOR
EASTERN SUFFOLK AND NEW LONDON COUNTIES. IN THESE AREAS...WIND
GUSTS WILL GENERALLY AVERAGE 45-50 MPH. ALTHOUGH PROBABILITIES FOR
SEVERE WEATHER ARE QUITE LOW...THERE IS STILL THE CHANCE FOR A
COUPLE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN
ZONES...THAT WOULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED 60+ MPH WINDS.
PRECIPITABLE WATERS OVER THE AREA WILL INCREASE TO CLOSE TO 2
INCHES FOR TONIGHT...SO RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
TAPER OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 50S
TO LOWER 60S ACROSS THE INTERIOR TO THE MID 60S ACROSS SOUTHERN
ZONES.
WITH SURF BUILDING TO 8-11 FT OVER THE OPEN ATLANTIC WATERS...WILL
GO AHEAD AND HOIST A HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR THE ATLANTIC BEACHES.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY/...
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION LATE FRI MORNING/EARLY FRI
AFTERNOON. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON...SO WILL
KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS UP. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT
WILL NOT DRY OUT UNTIL EARLY SAT. AS SUCH...WITH LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDER A DEVELOPING INVERSION FRI NIGHT...WILL
MENTION PATCHY FOG AS WELL AS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN AND
DRIZZLE...AS THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE NEARLY SATURATED.
WITH HIGH PRES MOVING OVERHEAD ON SAT...DRY AND PLEASANT WITH
HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.
WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES ON SUN. MODELS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH
HAVING PRECIP DRYING OUT AS IT MOVES INTO THE CWA...BUT WITH H5
SHORTWAVE AND COLD POOL ALOFT...WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN
THE FCST FOR SUN AFTERNOON.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
POLAR VORTEX OVER JAMES BAY SHIFTS EAST AS IGOR TRANSITIONS AND IS
ABSORBED INTO A MID LATITUDE CYCLONE OF THE LABRADOR SEA BY LATE
WEEK.
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES...IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT
ON SUNDAY EVENING. THROUGH EARLY IN THE WEEK WITH A WEAK COLD
FRONT TOWARDS MID WEEK. AS HEIGHTS FALL OUT WEST RIDGING BUILD
ALOFT FOR THURSDAY. EXAMINATION OF DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE
SYSTEMS APPEAR TO SHOW RELATIVELY LOW SPREAD AND GOOD AGREEMENT.
TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL...BUT DO
RISE TO ABOVE BY NEARLY 10 DEGREES (LOWER 80S) AHEAD OF THE WEAK
FRONT.
PRECIPITATION APPEARS VERY LIMITED TO NON-EXISTENT WITH THE COLD
FROPA SUNDAY EVENING BASED ON THE 12Z DETERMINISTIC RUNS...BUT THE
09Z SREF SUPPORT LOW POPS INTO THE EVENING OVER THE NORTH. HAVE
LEFT THIS OUT BASED ON COLLABORATION WITH BOX AND ALY. IN ANY
CASE...ANY SHOWER ACTIVITY SUNDAY EVENING SHOULD BE VERY SHORT
LIVED.
ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE IS USED FOR THE WEAK COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON
LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE LARGE SWELLS AT SOUTH FACING BEACHES...AND THE ASSOCIATED RIP
CURRENT/BEACH EROSION RISK CONTINUE.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
A WARM FRONT LIFTS THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED
BY A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOWLY CROSS THE TRI-STATE TONIGHT. THE
FRONT COULD LINGER AROUND LONG ISLAND INTO FRIDAY.
WINDS BECOMING GUSTY OUT OF THE SE - UP TO AROUND 20KT. WINDS VEER
TO THE S LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND STAY GUSTY. AN AREA OF
SHRA/POSSIBLE TSRA WILL IMPACT THE TERMINALS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EARLY THIS EVENING...REFLECT WITH A TEMP CB GROUP...A
SECOND ROUND OF CONVECTION WILL FOLLOW A FEW HOURS LATER...WITH
THUNDER MORE LIKELY WITH THIS GROUPING...HOWEVER SINCE IT IS SO
FAR OUT IN TIME...ONLY TEMPO A CB (WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 30-35KT)
FOR NOW. LLWS EXPECTED OVER EASTERN TERMINALS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/EVENING.
ONCE THE CONVECTION IS DONE...WINDS BECOME SW...AND STAY GUSTY
OVER EASTERN TERMINALS...WITH LLWS...COULD ALSO SEE LLWS LATE
TONIGHT OVER KJFK AND KLGA AS WELL. WINDS BECOME WSW TOWARDS
SUNRISE AND SHOULD LOSE GUSTINESS...WITH WINDS CONTINUING TO VEER
TO THE W THEN NW DURING THE MORNING AROUND 10 KT...COULD SEE SOME
GUSTS TO AROUND 15 KT IN THE CITY TERMINALS ONCE THE WINDS BECOME NW.
AS FAR AS CEILINGS GO...EXPECT ON AND OFF BKN HIGH END MVFR
CEILINGS...OTHERWISE VFR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. MVFR LIKELY WITH
CONVECTION LATE/THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...AND WITH LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE EXPECTED TO LINGER...COULD LINGER OVER CITY/LONG
ISLAND/CT TERMINALS INTO FRIDAY.
NY METRO ENHANCED AVIATION WEATHER SUPPORT...
DETAILED INFORMATION...INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT FCSTS
CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTP:/WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ZNY/N90 (LOWER CASE)
KEWR FCSTER COMMENTS: VARIABLE CEILING HEIGHTS AND WIND
DIRECTION/SPEED/GUSTS...PLUS TIMING/ADDITION OF TSRA TO TAFS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON ALL COULD CAUSE AMENDMENTS. CEILING HEIGHT LIKELY
1500 FT OR ABOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
KJFK FCSTER COMMENTS: VARIABLE CEILING HEIGHTS AND WIND
DIRECTION/SPEED/GUSTS...PLUS TIMING/ADDITION OF TSRA TO TAFS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON ALL COULD CAUSE AMENDMENTS. CEILING HEIGHT LIKELY
2000 FT OR ABOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
KLGA FCSTER COMMENTS: VARIABLE CEILING HEIGHTS AND WIND
DIRECTION/SPEED/GUSTS...PLUS TIMING/ADDITION OF TSRA TO TAFS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON ALL COULD CAUSE AMENDMENTS. CEILING HEIGHT LIKELY
1500 FT OR ABOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
KTEB FCSTER COMMENTS: VARIABLE CEILING HEIGHTS AND WIND
DIRECTION/SPEED/GUSTS...PLUS TIMING/ADDITION OF TSRA TO TAFS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON ALL COULD CAUSE AMENDMENTS.
KHPN FCSTER COMMENTS: VARIABLE CEILING HEIGHTS AND WIND
DIRECTION/SPEED/GUSTS...PLUS TIMING/ADDITION OF TSRA TO TAFS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON ALL COULD CAUSE AMENDMENTS.
KISP FCSTER COMMENTS: VARIABLE CEILING HEIGHTS AND WIND
DIRECTION/SPEED/GUSTS...PLUS TIMING/ADDITION OF TSRA TO TAFS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON ALL COULD CAUSE AMENDMENTS.
.OUTLOOK FOR 18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
FRIDAY AFT AND FRI NIGHT...MVFR POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT COASTAL
TERMINALS.
SATURDAY-SATURDAY NIGHT...IMPROVING TO VFR SATURDAY MORNING.
SUNDAY...ISOLATED SHRA POSSIBLE.
SUNDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY...VFR
&&
.MARINE...
WITH LOW PRES APPROACHING AND A 50+ KT LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN
WATERS...WILL EXPECT GALES TONIGHT. SINCE THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL
OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN WATERS...WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED HEADLINES
FOR NY HARBOR AND CHANGED WESTERN LI SOUND AND THE WESTERN OCEAN
WATERS FROM A GALE WARNING TO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...AS ONLY 25
KT GUSTS EXPECTED THERE AND SUB 20 KT GUSTS EXPECTED ON THE
HARBOR. ALL OTHER WATERS WILL EXPECT GALES FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH EARLY FRI MORNING.
THE SCA FOR THE WESTERN OCEAN ZONE WILL STAY UP THROUGH FRI
NIGHT...AS SEAS WILL BE OVER 7 FT DURING THAT TIME.
WINDS DIMINISH FRI MORNING WITH PASSAGE OF COLD FRONT. SEAS ON THE
OCEAN WILL INCREASE TO 10-12 FT TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TO 7-9
FT ON FRI. HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ATLANTIC
BEACHES TONIGHT THROUGH FRI.
SEAS WILL REMAIN UP AROUND 7-9 FT ON THE OCEAN THROUGH THE WEEKEND
AS SWELLS FROM IGOR IMPACT THE LOCAL WATERS.
SWELLS SHOULD FINALLY START TO DIMINISH ON THE OCEAN FROM IGOR ON
TUESDAY. NNW FLOW ON MONDAY GUSTS TO SCA LEVELS AS CANADIAN HIGH
BUILDS IN. CONTINUED NORTHERLY FLOW ON TUESDAY...BUT BELOW SCA
LEVELS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH 3/4" QPF TO 1.25" QPF
EXPECTED. HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN CONVECTION. ANTECEDENT
CONDITIONS REMAIN QUITE DRY SO ONLY MINOR URBAN FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR
CTZ008-012.
NY...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR
NYZ079-081.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT FRIDAY
FOR NYZ075>077-080-081.
NJ...NONE.
MARINE...GALE WARNING UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ330-340-345-350-353.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR ANZ335.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR ANZ355.
&&
SYNOPSIS...MPS
NEAR TERM...MPS
SHORT TERM...MPS
LONG TERM...JST
AVIATION...MALOIT
MARINE...MPS/JST
HYDROLOGY...MPSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 329 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010 CTZ008-012-NYZ079-171000- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 329 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR WIND AND RAINFALL REPORTS. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. CTZ005>007-009>011-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>074-078-171000- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 329 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR RAINFALL REPORTS. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-340-345-350-353-171000- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 329 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ335-338-355-171000- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 329 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. NYZ075>077-080-171000- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 329 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR RAINFALL REPORTS. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. NYZ081-171000- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 329 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR WIND AND RAINFALL REPORTS. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:22 UTC.
30 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed on Innis Street and Port Richmond High School.
Trees were downed on cars.
A tree was downed on a house.
A tree fell through the roof of a home in New Brighton.
Numerous trees were downed on Staten Island.
Numerous trees and wires were downed.
A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed a tornado near Park Slope in Brooklyn.
In the northern portion of Prospect Park, there were signs of tree damage that converged towards a well defined narrow path. Tree tops were twisted and sheared off. The location of the tornado was bounded by Prospect Park on the west, Flatbush Avenue on the east and Subway Grand Army Plaza to the north. The tornado formed just southwest of the Brooklyn Public Library and lifted around 2 miles northeast of Park Slope.
A deliveryman was injured at 7th Avenue and 9th Street as plate-glass windows were blown out of the Brooklyn Industries Store.
A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
The public estimated 70 mph winds.
A 66 mph wind gust was recorded at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.
A large tree was downed on a car.
Trees were downed near Crown Heights.
A National Weather Service Storm Survey verified the occurance of a macroburst in Queens. The path extended from Middle Village east across Forest Hills.
In Forest Hills, at MacDonald Park, a field of trees were sheared off which completely demolished the park. Many whole trees and large branches were downed in a divergent pattern. This was a clear signature of macroburst wind damage.
The area of the macroburst was bounded by Queens Boulevard and 69th Road to the northeast near the intersection of Yellowstone Boulevard.
Just southwest of the Long Island Expressway along 63rd Avenue and near the intersections of Reeves Avenue and 146th Street, many huge healthy 36 inch diameter trees fell in nearly the same direction in narrow roads. Downed trees destroyed many cars and made entries to houses impassable. Widespread tree damage made many secondary and tertiary roads impassable.
Many whole trees and large branches were downed near Queens College, along Dartmouth Street and in Forest Hills Garden, and along Park Drive East in Kew Garden Hills.
Trees were down on 75th Street and 37th Avenue, partially blocking the road.
Large tree limbs were downed on power lines.
Multiple large trees and wires were downed with several roads blocked. Multiple trees were also downed on houses. The siding of a church was torn off.
Trees were downed on Metropolitan Avenue.
A garage complex in the Joyce Garden Co-op collapsed with multiple cars inside.
An 80 foot tree was downed on a house.
A roof was blown off of a building and into another building on Burns Street.
A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team confirmed a tornado in Queens.
The tornado impacted Flushing and Bayside. In Flushing, on Browne Street between Roosevelt and 38th Avenues, the third floor of a residential brick building was severely damaged structurally. Large tree tops were lying on top of buildings and shot like projectiles between buildings. Sides of houses were peeled back. There was clear evidence of twisted metal along the side of the building. On Warren Street near the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue, a steel framed water tower was blown over on the roof. There was a partial roof collapse on another residential building.
A Pennsylvania woman was killed in her car by a falling tree on Grand Central Parkway. Her passenger was injured. A man trying to assist the woman suffered a brain aneurysm and died.
The tornado touched down around 2.5 miles south of Flushing and lifted 1 mile northeast of Bayside over Little Neck Bay.
Parts of some roofs were torn off in Fresh Meadows.
On 108th Street facing Queens Boulevard, a patio door blew in on the 15th floor terrace. There were 15 smashed windows in the building. Roof vents were torn off and metal patio railing was pulled off.
Numerous trees were downed on the Queens College campus. Large trees were snapped in half, and some were completely blown over at the roots. A street light was also blown onto a bus stop at Jewel Avenue.
A tree limb measuring 1.5 inches in diameter and 50 feet in length was downed on 163rd Street and 29th Avenue.
Extensive tree damage was reported at MacDonald Park.
A large tree was uprooted between 38th Avenue and 211th Street.
Train service was shut down between Port Washington and Oyster Bay due to trees down on the tracks.
A large tree was downed on three cars.
Quarter size hail was reported.
Law enforcement reported a large tree down with powerlines blocking the road.
Wires were downed at the intersection of Newport Avenue and Braxton Street.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Queens | 2010-09-16 | 57 | Male | Unknown | Indirect |
| Tornado, Queens | 2010-09-16 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
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