ct_yankee Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Man, I was right in Branford where the tornado supposedly was. I was at the Stop and Shop at exit 56, watching the sky. I saw some very cool lightning, a few darkish looking clouds, and absolutely no sign of any tornado. No high winds, no lowerings, nothing. I was right there, and saw essentially nothing. Unbelievable. Not doubting it happened, mind you, just disgusted that I could be so close and completely miss everything. I mean I just happened to be in almost the perfect spot pretty much by chance, and stil... I got Nada. Honestly, I didn't even suspect any severe actually happened in the area until I got home and read this thread. (sigh...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 On 11/14/2021 at 1:59 AM, ct_yankee said: Man, I was right in Branford where the tornado supposedly was. I was at the Stop and Shop at exit 56, watching the sky. I saw some very cool lightning, a few darkish looking clouds, and absolutely no sign of any tornado. No high winds, no lowerings, nothing. I was right there, and saw essentially nothing. Unbelievable. Not doubting it happened, mind you, just disgusted that I could be so close and completely miss everything. I mean I just happened to be in almost the perfect spot pretty much by chance, and stil... I got Nada. Honestly, I didn't even suspect any severe actually happened in the area until I got home and read this thread. (sigh...) Expand That blows ughhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Twitter doofuses mad at TV mets for breaking into football games to give tornado warnings. We live in the stupidest of times 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 There all going!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv88 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Photos and vids from the LI twisters https://patch.com/new-york/fivetowns/storm-rocks-long-island-12k-without-power-possible-tornado 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 8-confirmed tornadoes thus far. EF-0 Branford, CT EF-1 Stonington, CT to Westerly, RI EF-0 in Cheshire, CT EF-0 Sterling/Plainfield, CT EF-0 East Islip, NY EF-0 Nassau County, NY (skipping) EF-1 Shirley, NY to Manorville, NY EF-0 North Kingston, RI 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/15/2021 at 1:54 AM, weatherwiz said: 8-confirmed tornadoes thus far. EF-0 Branford, CT EF-1 Stonington, CT to Westerly, RI EF-0 in Cheshire, CT EF-0 Sterling/Plainfield, CT EF-0 East Islip, NY EF-0 Nassau County, NY (skipping) EF-1 Shirley, NY to Manorville, NY EF-0 North Kingston, RI Expand Looks like we can add a 9th EF-0 from Remsenburg, NY to Westhampton, NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 This thread was just off by one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 https://www.wpri.com/video/residents-picking-up-the-remains-following-weekend-tornadoes/7154629/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted November 16, 2021 Share Posted November 16, 2021 On 11/16/2021 at 11:08 PM, Ginx snewx said: https://www.wpri.com/video/residents-picking-up-the-remains-following-weekend-tornadoes/7154629/ Expand On 11/16/2021 at 11:08 PM, Ginx snewx said: https://www.wpri.com/video/residents-picking-up-the-remains-following-weekend-tornadoes/7154629/ Expand Your buddies place got hit hard, he yard was just covered with trees and over his pool, any major damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/16/2021 at 11:54 PM, DavisStraight said: Your buddies place got hit hard, he yard was just covered with trees and over his pool, any major damage? Expand Roof damage, siding damage but all minor stuff. You can see where the edge of the funell touched his house. Early estimate is 60K most to rebuild the pool. The pool house broke concrete around the pool and the trees destroyed the liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/16/2021 at 3:12 AM, weatherwiz said: Looks like we can add a 9th EF-0 from Remsenburg, NY to Westhampton, NY Expand Up to 11-tornadoes add EF-0 North Bellport, NY EF-0 from Hampton Bays, NY to North Sea, NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 5:20 PM, weatherwiz said: Up to 11-tornadoes add EF-0 North Bellport, NY EF-0 from Hampton Bays, NY to North Sea, NY Expand Now we're getting to the right number based off TDSs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 7:28 PM, OceanStWx said: Now we're getting to the right number based off TDSs. Expand How many would have been confirmed pre dual pol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 7:33 PM, CT Rain said: How many would have been confirmed pre dual pol? Expand Ooo, good question. I'm thinking the CT were prime "microburst" candidates because they were away from the main show on Long Island. There would've been a handful on the island that had enough damage to warrant a closer look. But I think half or less is definitely on the table without dual-pol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 7:28 PM, OceanStWx said: Now we're getting to the right number based off TDSs. Expand The TDS's going on were pretty wild...probably even helped some by the degree of leaves still on the trees getting sucked up. As always, Ryan did a phenomenal job providing heads up and warning viewers and using dual-pol to illustrate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 8:00 PM, weatherwiz said: The TDS's going on were pretty wild...probably even helped some by the degree of leaves still on the trees getting sucked up. As always, Ryan did a phenomenal job providing heads up and warning viewers and using dual-pol to illustrate. Expand It was tough. I wasn't in the office but we did go on a few times with updates. Not having even a SVR in effect (for some inexplicable reason) made the entire thing far more challenging to cover than it should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 8:29 PM, CT Rain said: It was tough. I wasn't in the office but we did go on a few times with updates. Not having even a SVR in effect (for some inexplicable reason) made the entire thing far more challenging to cover than it should have been. Expand I think now with the SVR with tornado possible tag available we have an ideal avenue for those tricky scenarios where you aren't quite confident enough to pull the trigger on a TOR. Especially when you could argue some of these tornadoes are probably not much different than a SVR anyway. But you have to be ready to use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 8:29 PM, CT Rain said: It was tough. I wasn't in the office but we did go on a few times with updates. Not having even a SVR in effect (for some inexplicable reason) made the entire thing far more challenging to cover than it should have been. Expand When the line starting pushing into western Connecticut and the warning got dropped for Litchfield County I was starting to wonder what was going on. I felt as if this wasn't going to transpire (I had a ton of confidence we would see a widespread damaging wind event based on the parameters moving through the morning). I was starting to wonder if perhaps the llvl winds were just a bit too weak. I was with my friend/roommate from school at the airport and we were talking and we were both wondering if none of the radar sites were fully capturing what was going on. We were frequently switching between ENX/OKX/BOX. I was also wondering if the storms would take off moving into the valley. When we got hit at BDL I was stunned there wasn't a warning out. Those winds were quite strong and even after the 54mph gust was measured I still don't think a warning came out right away. Through all of this, however, there were several intriguing radar signatures and you could see all the wind that was aloft on each radar site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 8:41 PM, OceanStWx said: I think now with the SVR with tornado possible tag available we have an ideal avenue for those tricky scenarios where you aren't quite confident enough to pull the trigger on a TOR. Especially when you could argue some of these tornadoes are probably not much different than a SVR anyway. But you have to be ready to use them. Expand Given the environment with those storms it was bizarre not to have a SVR in effect especially with those velocity signatures.... AND the large number of TDSs already on Long Island. Wasn't great but hopefully next time will be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 On 11/17/2021 at 9:33 PM, CT Rain said: Given the environment with those storms it was bizarre not to have a SVR in effect especially with those velocity signatures.... AND the large number of TDSs already on Long Island. Wasn't great but hopefully next time will be better. Expand I feel like the last few years have given us several good events to learn from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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