The twister was confirmed on Long Island, in Mattituck in Suffolk County on Sunday night, Sept. 25, the National Weather Service said.
It touched down around 11:15 p.m. Sunday and lasted until about 11:20 p.m., traveling about 2 miles.
It was an EF-0 tornado with estimated wind speeds of around 85 miles per hour.
An EF-0 is the second weakest of the six levels of tornadoes on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
The EF scale classifies tornadoes into six categories:
- EF0 - Weak, winds of 65 to 85 mph
- EF1 - Weak, winds of 86 to 110 mph
- EF2 - Strong, winds of 111 to 135 mph
- EF3 - Strong, winds of 136 to 165 mph
- EF4 - Violent, winds. of 166 to 200 mph
- EF5 - Violent, winds of more than 200 mph
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