{"id":2855,"date":"2010-07-27T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=2855"},"modified":"2010-07-27T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T22:00:54","slug":"tornado-that-struck-the-bronx-rated-an-ef-1-with-100mph-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/severe-weather\/tornado-that-struck-the-bronx-rated-an-ef-1-with-100mph-winds\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado that struck the Bronx rated an EF-1 with 100mph winds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A tornado that struck the Bronx in New York was rated an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. (ThorntonWeather.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A common myth is that tornadoes don\u2019t strike cities. That myth was dispelled again this past Sunday when a twister packing 100 mph struck the Bronx in New York.<\/p>\n

The tornado, rated an EF-1 by the National Weather Service (NWS), struck at 2:55pm. The service said that at its biggest the twister was 100 yards wide.<\/p>\n

Initially touching down on the grounds of the Hebrew Home for the Aged on the east bank of the Hudson River, the tornado tore a path one half mile long. Seven people were injured by the storm and a variety of damage was documented by survey teams.<\/p>\n

A flagpole was toppled as were numerous trees. Some large trees were stripped of their leaves.On West 254th Street across Netherlands and Arlington Streets \u201csignificant damage occurred.\u201d One residential home sustained roof damage.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service this was only the second tornado to strike the Bronx since 1950. The first occurred on September 2, 1974.<\/p>\n

From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
\n216 PM EDT TUE JUL 27 2010<\/p>\n

…TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR NORTH RIVERDALE IN BRONX COUNTY NY…<\/p>\n

LOCATION…NORTH RIVERDALE IN BRONX COUNTY NY
\nDATE…JULY 25 2010
\nESTIMATED TIME…255 PM TO 300 PM EDT
\nMAXIMUM EF- SCALE RATING…EF1
\nESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED…100 MPH
\nMAXIMUM PATH WIDTH…100 YARDS
\nPATH LENGTH…0.6 MILES
\nBEGINNING LAT\/LON…40.91N \/ 73.91W
\nENDING LAT\/LON…40.90N \/ 73.90W
\n* FATALITIES…0
\n* INJURIES…7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A common myth is that tornadoes don\u2019t strike cities. That myth was dispelled again this past Sunday when a twister packing 100 mph struck the Bronx in New York. The tornado, rated an EF-1 by the National Weather Service (NWS), struck at 2:55pm. The service said that at its biggest the twister was 100 yards … Continue reading Tornado that struck the Bronx rated an EF-1 with 100mph winds<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[423,376,732,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2857,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2855\/revisions\/2857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}