WPCNR WEATHER SCOOP. By John F. Bailey. July 20, 2006: The Mystery Storm that hit White Plains Tuesday evening, as well as Scarsdale, Harrison, Eastchester, New Rochelle, and other central Westchester communities was not an isolated event in Westchester County as previously reported, having begun virtually simultaneously in Montclair New Jersey and White Plains, and a short time later hitting eastern Long Island with the same intense winds and tree-trashing effects. 

WPCNR has also learned that the  "Mystery Storm" was not confined to the central Westchester corridor as previously reported by Westchester County officials, citing the National Weather Service in a county news release yesterday.

The City of Montclair, New Jersey experienced an almost identical weather event virtually simultaneously Tuesday evening, meaning that the "Mystery Storm," with the devastating destructive powers hit across about a 60 mile wide area...and appears not to be confined to the narrow 3 mile diameter of White Plains as previously reported by Westchester County's Department of Communications. WCBS Radio 880  in a report just prior to noon broadcast that the City of Montclair, New Jersey has suffered virtually the same weather disaster as White Plains, Scarsdale and Harrison -- with scores of trees down and thousands without power.

WPCNR has learned the storm effects in Montclair eerily match the devastation in White Plains.

An eyewitness to the weather horror in Montclair, Marilyn Shapiro of Glen Ridge Parkway, New Jersey speaking to WPCNR noted that the tops of trees were sheared off just as trees in White Plains. She reports over sixty trees downed in a Montclair park and devastating road closures and tree downings. She also reports receiving no advance warning of the storm on media. She reports the storm in Montclair began its lightning show at 10 P.M. Tuesday evening....about the time she was arriving home from being out to dinner,  when WPCNR noted tymphany rolls of thunder in the distance advancing on White Plains.

The New York Times reported today that Long Island also experienced similar effects.

The mystery deepens as to what this Mystery Storm really was.