Photos From New York City Tornado

UPDATE: Photo gallery user Nick Panico has uploaded some good photos:

NOTE: Although I used the media spin in calling this the New York City tornado, it is important to point out that it began far east of the city in Islip Terrace, NY (Google Map), as you can see from the Google Earth map below showing the edge of New York City. It would really be more fair to call this the Long Island Tornado.

ORIGINAL POST:

As a followup to the Islip, New York tornado on Long Island Wednesday, here are a couple of Associated Press photos. WE WANT YOUR PHOTOS! If you have photos, upload them to the AccuWeather.com Weather Photo Gallery. The New York Times has a good storm aftermath article. No photos though... if you can find links to photos from this event please let me know and I'll post them here.

People walk past a street lamp that fell during a storm in Islip Terrace, N.Y., Wednesday, July 18, 2007. A tornado touched down in Islip Terrace at about 9:15 a.m., said Michael Wyllie, a National Weather Service chief meteorologist. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)

The NWS says in their final report, calling the tornado an EF-1 strength: "MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO HARDWOOD TREES. TWISTED OFF BRANCHES WERE EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE DAMAGE PATH. SOME TREES WERE SNAPPED OFF HALFWAY UP...INCLUDING SOME HEALTHY...FORTY-PLUS FOOT PINES. IN ADDITION...THE MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING AT IRISH LANE AND SUNRISE HIGHWAY SUSTAINED STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF ITS ROOF COVERING AND THE HVAC UNIT BLOWN OFF ITS ROOF. OTHER HOMES ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH ALSO SUSTAINED SOME MINOR DAMAGE MOSTLY TO SIDING AND SOME DIRECTLY FROM TREES."

Brian Ciemnecki, of NOAA, left, examines damage from a storm in Islip Terrace, N.Y., Wednesday, July 18, 2007. A tornado touched down in Islip Terrace at about 9:15 a.m., said Michael Wyllie, a National Weather Service chief meteorologist. (AP Photo/Ed Betz)

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