Fifth Tornado Touchdown From Severe Storms Confirmed In New York

A fifth tornado from the quick-moving round of severe storms that swept through the region has been confirmed to have touched down in New York.

A file photo of a tornado.
Photo Credit: *NOAA.gov*

Joe Lombardi

11/16/2021 5:23 p.m.

All five were on Long Island on Saturday, Nov. 13, with the latest identified in North Bellport in Suffolk County, the National Weather Service announced on Tuesday, Nov. 16.

It has been classified as an EF-0 twister (the weakest of the six levels on the Enhanced Fujita Scale), due to its wind speed.

The four other tornadoes that touched down on Long Island on Saturday are:

Nassau County EF-0: Woodmere-Hempstead-Uniondale-Levittown
Suffolk County EF-0: East Islip
Suffolk County EF-1: Shirley-Manorville
Suffolk County, EF-0: Remsenberg to Westhampton

Three other twisters were confirmed to have touched down in Connecticut on Saturday.

Detailed info on all eight twisters can be found here.

Enhanced Fujita 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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