4th tornado confirmed on Long Island as storm cleanup continues

Tuesday, November 16, 2021
4th tornado confirmed on Long Island as cleanup continues
A fourth tornado is confirmed to have touched down on Long Island over the weekend, the National Weather Service said Monday.

LEVITTOWN, Nassau County (WABC) -- A fourth tornado is confirmed to have touched down on Long Island over the weekend, the National Weather Service said Monday, one of nine to hit New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island during heavy storms.

The EF-0 twister caused damage from Remsenberg to Westhhampton and is the third confirmed in Suffolk County during the storm.

Residents across the island continue to cleanup Monday, including in Levittown, where another EF-0 tornado uprooted a tree and ripped up the sidewalk on Tulip Lane.

That tornado also traveled across Woodmere, Hempstead and Uniondale.

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A Chipotle restaurant was badly damaged and a section of a roof was torn off of a shopping center.

The twisters were only on the ground for a few minutes but managed to rip off roofs, take down power lines, and topple trees.

A number of small planes were overturned at Brookhaven Calabro Airport.

Thankfully, most people took notice of the severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings.

Residents went into their basements or interior rooms, and there were no reports of any injuries.

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Locally, storms also brought quarter-size hail along with cloud-to-ground lightning as the line raced east at 50 mph.

Video captured heavy hailstorms in Manhattan.

Video footage captured a hailstorm battering New York City on Saturday.
Video captured a hailstorm in New Milford, New Jersey on Saturday.
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