Heavy Storm (Tornado?) in NYC

[emshighway]

Thats awesome! was that shot yours?

I wish, someone sent it into WPIX.

[emshighway]

Luke, the first tree was the one I mentioned on FB. A 13 year old kid riding a bike was trapped under it for a while. I don't know his condition but hope he is OK.

[cancidas]

anyone know if we actually encountered a tornado or was it just a severe ts/ microburst that blew through?

[moose135]

anyone know if we actually encountered a tornado or was it just a severe ts/ microburst that blew through?

The National Weather Service will be out today to examine the damages and make that determination.

[LGA777]

Pretty wild few minutes in our Ramp Tower at LGA. Don't think I ever remember seeing it get so dark (during daylight hours) as it did for a few minutes Thursday. Rain and wind extremely heavy but according to the radar's we saw worst past just south and east of LGA, less than a mile away. We had on CBS Channel 2 and weather forecaster Lonnie Quinn said live this is the worst weather he had ever seen in his career when he was on the air. I was shocked how quickly the Tornado warnings where issued for Staten Island, then Brooklyn, then Queens, it was surreal how FAST everything started happening. I understand their is a lighthouse on the Hudson in Jersey just south of Manhattan that has weather measuring equipment on top, I think they said a height of 263 feet, at that elevation a wing gust of 136 mph was recorded, equivalent to a Level 3 Hurricane. At one point by early-mid evening parts of the following roads where all closed at the same time. LIE, Grand Central Parkway, Cross Island Parkway, and the Van Wyke, also 7 train and LIRR in/out of Penn Station, just CRAZY !

[Gerard]

Scary how the storm developed. Lee Goldberg (Ch7) showed how at 4:30 the storm was coming in from the west in NJ lots of rain and a few cells nothing special.
. But by 5:20 it ERUPTED (thats how Lee put it) into a 60 mile long line of destruction!! Port Washington was its finally blow before it slowed down.
They said 80MPH jetstream winds aloft, warm front nearby and sunshine ahead of it was the perfect cocktail to get this storm rocking!!

[moose135]

The National Weather Service has determined that two tornadoes touched down in the city Thursday night. Tornadoes were confirmed in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn and in the Flushing-Bayside area of Queens. A microburst was also confirmed to strike in the Forest Hills-Middle Village section of Queens.

[Spunker]

WOW! That is an incredible shot!!!!!

[emshighway]

The National Weather Service has determined that two tornadoes touched down in the city Thursday night. Tornadoes were confirmed in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn and in the Flushing-Bayside area of Queens. A microburst was also confirmed to strike in the Forest Hills-Middle Village section of Queens.

It was actually a macroburst with winds over 125 mph.

[JetBlueAirwaysFan]

Funnel cloud in the NY/NJ Metro Area taken from NJ looking toward Staten Island. The people on Staten Island that say they saw a funnel cloud really were not kidding.