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The tornado was estimated to have caused $15,000 (1900 USD) in damages, and had an unknown amount of fatalities or injuries. [1] This is one of the first recorded tornadoes to hit New York. July 16, 1904 – A large F3 tornado tracked through Westchester County, killing 2 people and injuring a further 6.
The 2007 Brooklyn tornado was the strongest tornado on record to strike in New York City. It formed in the early morning hours of August 8, 2007, skipping along an approximately 9 miles (14 km)-long path, from Staten Island across The Narrows to Brooklyn . [ 2 ]
The 2011 Super Outbreak was the largest tornado outbreak spawned by a single weather system in recorded history; it produced 367 tornadoes from April 25–28, with 223 of those in a single 24-hour period on April 27 from midnight to midnight CDT, [4] [11] fifteen of which were violent EF4–EF5 tornadoes. 348 deaths occurred in that outbreak, of which 324 were tornado related.
While tornadoes are less common in New York compared to regions like the Midwest, they remain a notable and occasionally destructive aspect of the state's weather history. See Rochester tornadoes ...
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
The 2006 Westchester County tornado was the strongest and largest tornado in Westchester County, New York since the 1904 Chappaqua tornado.It touched down there on Wednesday, July 12, 2006, and traveled 13 miles (21 km) into southwestern Connecticut during a 33-minute span through two states.
This hasn't been the year with the most tornadoes on record in New York yet, but there's nearly half a year to go. With record-breaking July, where does 2024 rank as a tornado year in New York ...
One of the most intense tornado events to ever impact the New England region. Destructive tornadoes touched down in New York and Connecticut, including a violent F4 that devastated Hamden, Connecticut. (6 significant, 2 violent) November 1989 tornado outbreak: November 15–16, 1989: Southeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States: 40: 21 ...