Power Outage in Bellerose, NY

A utility related power outage reported in Hollis section of Queens in the vicinity of 88 Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard caused by downed wires.

A downed tree in Flushing resulted in a power outage that affected 800 customers for about 3 hours with time estimated by radar.

A tornado rated as EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with|estimated winds up to 85 mph, touched down near Saint Fidelis |Catholic Church in College Point, knocking down numerous trees and|power lines and peeling siding off houses along a path about 3/4|of a mile long and 100 yards wide. The tornado strengthened as it|moved toward Powell's Cove Park, where at least 50 trees where |downed in a narrow, convergent pattern highly indicative of a|tornado. The tornado briefly moved along the southernmost |shoreline of Powell's Cove, and then dissipated over the far |eastern end of the park just before reaching 138th Place.

This is the second of four segments of a combined waterspout tornado event. The tornado originated as a waterspout approximately 1 mile south of the tip of Breezy Point at 10:56 am in ANZ-355, and crossed onto land, as a tornado approximately 2500 feet northeast of the tip of Breezy Point, Queens at 10:58 am. The tornado caused structural damage to the Breezy Point Surf Club near where the waterspout came onshore as a tornado. Damage was also reported near its exit point off Breezy Point, with multiple trees and power lines reported down near the Beach 216th Street, at 10:59 am. At this point the tornado exited as a waterspout into the eastern arm of Lower New York Harbor, ANZ-338, about 12,500 feet west of Rockaway Inlet. The waterspout then continued northeast until making landfall as a tornado in Kings County/Brooklyn to the southeast of Plumb Beach about 750 feet south of the Belt Parkway at 11:01 am. The tornado then continued moving northeast into Brooklyn where it produced EF1 damage in Canarsie, Brooklyn before lifting at 11:05 am.

Large branches and power lines were reported down in Ozone Park, in Queens. One of the branches landed on a car.

Power lines were reported down in Middle Village in between 60th and 62nd Avenues on the north and south and 69th Place and 71st Street on the west and east.

Strong winds knocked down numerous trees across Queens County during the afternoon and evening. Flushing, Queensboro Hill, College Point, Malba, Whitestone and Bay Terrace were among the locations where trees were reported downed. Power outages occurred and a tree fell onto a car on College Point Blvd. at 25th Avenue.

Flash flooding of roads occurred at College Point. Two occupants of a vehicle were electrocuted by a fallen power line when they apparently stepped out of their vehicle into several feet of water.

A developing coastal storm off of Long Island created strong winds and heavy rains, which were sufficient to bring down large branches and power lines in Queens.

As a strong low pressure system moved west of the area, the Automated Surface Observing System at LaGuardia Airport measured a peak wind gust to 58 mph. Scattered power outages resulted from downed tree limbs and power lines.

As a strong area of low pressure moved along the Saint Lawrence River Valley, its' associated cold front traversed Southeast New York early on the morning of Wednesday, October 15th. This system strengthened during the day as it moved across Southeast Canada. Meanwhile, high pressure moved from the Southern Plains across to the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic states as the day progressed. The difference in pressure between the departing low and the approaching high resulted in a persistent strong wind that reached 45 MPH sustained at 115 pm and gusted as high as 54 MPH at 220 pm at John F. Kennedy International Airport. In addition, a 54 MPH gust was recorded at 217 pm at Farmingdale Republic Airport; a 49 MPH gust was recorded at LaGuardia Airport at 807 pm, and a 47 MPH gust was recorded at Westchester County Airport at 1255 pm.There were widespread reports of damage from these winds that were obtained primarily from the print media as well as from Skywarn spotters. Here are selected wind damage reports:A 75 foot tall Maple Tree fell onto and destroyed the 52 by 52 foot deck of a house on Tadler Drive in Mahopac.In Smithtown, a tree along the Long Island Railroad tracks on Redwood Lane tore down power lines and destroyed a utility pole as it fell. This resulted in the loss of power for 2300 customers as well as the closure of Landing Avenue from Bridlepath Road to Blydenburgh Avenue. A large tree and a number of utility lines were knocked down and blocked Broadway in Dobbs Ferry.Several roads had to be closed due to downed trees between Suffern and Pomona in Rockland County.Numerous trees and large branches were downed in West Islip, including a large tree that fell across Sylvia Drive.Several trees were snapped in half, and numerous branches and tree limbs were downed in Howard Beach. In addition, some telephone lines snapped and were hanging off the utility poles.Estimated damage costs were at least $100 thousand dollars.

Scattered severe thunderstorms developed in a humid unstable air mass ahead of an approaching cold front from the northwest. As they moved east at about 40 mph, they generated high winds that downed numerous trees and power lines from College Point through Whitestone in Queens, and generated 3/4-inch diameter hail at College Point and in Brooklyn. People from at least 19 houses in northern Queens reported downed trees and power lines.