Storm reports for September 16, 2010

Late in the afternoon of September 16, 2010, NWS surveys confirmed an EF0 tornado near Park Slope in Brooklyn, an EF1 tornado from south of Flushing to Bayside in Queens, and a macroburst from Middle Village across Forest Hills.^1,2,3 NOAA estimated the macroburst's winds at 109 knots (125 mph).³ In Flushing, the tornado peeled back the sides of houses and caused severe structural damage and a partial roof collapse in residential buildings.¹ NOAA lists $17.2 million in property damage and two deaths for the Queens tornado, and $8.5 million for the Brooklyn one.^1,2

An EF2 tornado touched down 2 miles southwest of downtown Wooster, Ohio, around 5:26 p.m. and ran over 11 miles to near Dalton.⁴ It destroyed or badly damaged nine homes, damaged 90 others and damaged or destroyed at least 50 barns, garages and outbuildings. NOAA lists $35 million in damage.⁴ In Athens County, an EF2 tornado and a downburst with winds up to 100 mph injured 13 people, and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency counted about 30 homes destroyed and 51 with major damage.^5,6 That evening an EF3 tornado crossed the Ohio River from Meigs County, Ohio, where 22 structures, mostly homes, were destroyed or heavily damaged and six people were injured.⁷ In Wood County, West Virginia, with winds estimated at 160 mph, it destroyed 10 homes, killed one man and injured 10 people.⁸

The day's largest hail, 4 inches across, fell in the afternoon at Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Randall County, Texas.⁹