8/8/07 DISC: NY

[HAltschule]

The MCS that tracked much further south than progged yesterday left a long trail of severe wind damage from PA into NJ and NYC. In fact, around 7:30AM this morning (Wednesday), several funnel clouds were reported in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. A tornado warning was issued for Brooklyn, Queens and Southern Nassau County.

Preliminary reports indicate significant damage to Bay Ridge - Brooklyn with numerous trees down, roofs ripped off houses and shingles and siding torn off others. The NWS is currently enroute with a storm survey team.

Major flooding also occurred and flooded out most subway and mass transit train lines.

 

[James Siler]

Oh this should make for a fun day at work. I will ask the customers that call in from Brooklyn if they experienced anything.

 

[Gabe Garfield]

Possible Tornado in Brooklyn, NY

A supercell thunderstorm moved through the NYC metro this morning around 4 a.m. Damage was reported in Brooklyn. NWS mets will investigate to determine whether or not a tornado touched down.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/pns/tonado_NYC.txt

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/08/nyc.weather/index.html


Gabe

 

[Marcus Opitz]

Interesting. Does anybody have any gr level 3 data or old radar archive of this?

 

[Adam Lucio]

If they indeed conclude there was a tornado, would'nt that be the second for new york city this year? What are the odds....I saw the warning on GR3 this morning but I didnt think to save the screen, as Im guilty of thinking to myself "probly just someone reporting scud as a funnel"

I thought tornadoes dont happen in the city

 

[Andrew Ryan]

If they indeed conclude there was a tornado, would'nt that be the second for new york city this year? What are the odds....I saw the warning on GR3 this morning but I didnt think to save the screen, as Im guilty of thinking to myself "probly just someone reporting scud as a funnel"

I thought tornadoes dont happen in the city

This would not be the second this year for NYC...the other tornado was out here on Long Island and over hour away from NYC proper. Funny though...the warning did NOT include where this "possible" tornado was! I was in part of warning area and even was listed as being in the path of the tornado...and I slept through all of it! I really didn't think it was that bad...

 

[Andrew Ryan]

Interesting. Does anybody have any gr level 3 data or old radar archive of this?

Funny that you should say that...whenever there is a tornadic storm in the NYC metro area, I take screenshot of the radar. But these last two tornadoes in the NYC metro area have taken place in the morning and I haven't been able to get screenshot of the storms.

 

[HAltschule]

Mayor Bloomberg is reporting 40 building damage in Brooklyn with 1 church;s roof ripped off. 4 different neighborhoods in Brooklyn reported significant tree and roof damage. Some of the damage images on wnbc.com and cbs2ny.com are very impressive. Too make things worse, the storms dropped 1.5-3.5" of rain in a short time. Many roads, underpasses and railroad stations (including the NYC Subway system) have been flooded. Numerous water rescues took place. Water was reported almost to the rooftops of cars near Newark Airport and Penn Station-Newark. One fatality has been reported due to the flooding thus far.

From the minimal images I have seen, the damage looks consistent with an EF1 rated tornado. I would be very surprised if a TOR was not confirmed here...especially since funnel clouds were sighted by the public.

The next question is...was the TOR warning issued before or after the tornado touched down?

 

[Mike Hollingshead]

Interesting. Does anybody have any gr level 3 data or old radar archive of this?

Not gr but....

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/rad...=black&endDate=20070808&endTime=11&duration=3

 

[Andrew Ryan]

Thanks mike for the link...Has anyone else had trouble loading the last few frames? They showed a still of the radar image on the news of when it was producing the "tornado." Looked like there was something that might resemble a hook echo.

 

[Jay Cazel]

NWS: F2 Tornado Confirmed In Brooklyn

I saw this just now, thought I would pass it along.

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_220172727.html

 

[Bill Hark]

A friend of mine from NYC called me and stated that the local TV stations are reporting a confirmed EF 2 tornado in Brooklyn. Here are some links:

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_220172727.html


http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=weather&id=3309155

Bill Hark

 

[Andrew Ryan]

Here's the link to the full report issued by the NWS:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/okx/pns/tonado_NYC.txt

 

[HAltschule]

This tornado also caused 9 injuries...one serious. The tornado, which lifted for a time, moved across the counties/boro's. Very impressive.

 

[B Ozanne]

I had the pleasure of being outside at 4:30am in Norwalk today (building fire alarm). It was 80 degrees and foggy, officially the muggiest air I have ever felt in this part of the country. Actually the muggiest I have felt outside of Bangkok.

I had no idea storms were in the forecast and we ended up just sleeping though some very heavy rains. It wasn't until I woke up later in the morning that we found out about the chaos unfolding in the city.