Weather

ICYMI: Storm That Damaged Shopping Center Later Deemed 'Tornado'

WATCH video: The awning over Chipotle and Gerardo's Pizzeria laid in a crumpled heap in the parking lot where two cars were damaged.

The shopping center suffered some damage.
The shopping center suffered some damage. (Peggy Spellman Hoey/Patch)

In a headline that was — at the time — technically wrong...a EF-1 Tornado, which is a much weaker tornado, passed through Mastic, Shirley, and the Moriches on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. That was categorized on Sunday. Another one touched down in Remsenberg and Westhampton not long after but it was categorized as a EF-0 on Monday.


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