LOCATION...GREAT NECK IN NASSAU COUNTY NY
DATE...JUNE 24 2010
ESTIMATED TIME...250 PM EDT
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...100 MPH
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH...0.75 STATUTE MILES
PATH LENGTH...0.75 STATUTE MILES
BEGINNING LAT/LON...40.80N / 73.74W
ENDING LAT/LON...40.80N / 73.73W
* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0
* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT(S) AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
...SUMMARY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK NY HAS CONFIRMED A
MICROBURST /STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE/ NEAR GREAT NECK IN NASSAU
COUNTY NY ON JUNE 24 2010.
AS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVED RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN
NASSAU COUNTY...IT PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE HIGH WINDS
THAT DOWNED MANY TREES...SOME THAT FELL ON POWER LINES...HOUSES
AND VEHICLES.
THE DAMAGE EXTENDED OVER A BROAD AREA EXTENDING FROM OLD POND ROAD
EAST TO HAMPSHIRE ROAD...WITH DOWNED TREES FACING SOUTH AND EAST IN
THOSE AREAS RESPECTIVELY IN A FANNED-OUT FASHION INDICATIVE OF A
MICROBURST. THE MOST SEVERE DAMAGE IN THIS SWATH WAS CONCENTRATED
ALONG OLD POND AND STRATHMORE ROADS...WITH DOZENS OF HEALTHY
HARDWOOD AND PINE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED IN TWO. THIS DAMAGE IS
INDICATIVE OF MAXIMUM WINDS OF 100 MPH.
SEVERAL OTHER NEARBY AREAS ALSO EXPERIENCED WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING
KINGS POINT...THOMASTON...KENSINGTON AND MANHASSET. WINDS GUSTED TO
74 MPH AT 245 PM AT THE KINGS POINT NOAA/NOS TIDE GAUGE ON THE SHORE
OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND.
