BREAKING: Tornado Warning issued for Staten Island

[brooklynite]

Tue May 28 21:08:27 2019
STATUS: Active
PROGNOSIS: Monitoring
Weather-Rain
Kings/Brooklyn 165 Cadman Plaza East

(NYCEM Weather Distribution List)

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
933 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2019

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
RICHMOND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT.

* AT 933 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BASKING RIDGE, OR NEAR MORRISTOWN, MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PLAINFIELD AND SUMMIT AROUND 945 PM EDT.
CLARK AND UNION AROUND 955 PM EDT.
LINDEN AROUND 1000 PM EDT.
ELIZABETH AROUND 1005 PM EDT.
TODT HILL AND HUGUENOT AROUND 1010 PM EDT.
OAKWOOD AND TOMPKINSVILLE AROUND 1015 PM EDT.

[elleng]

1. Tornado and severe weather warning extended for New York City.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/106824688

[PupCamo]

2. I saw that on the weather channel

has NYC ever been hit by a tornado?

this has the makings of a bad SyFy channel movie

[elleng]

3. Dunno, not while I was there at least.

Yes, LOTS of bad SyFy movies these days.

[marybourg]

6. Several in my 50 years or so there, although not very destructive, and,

pre-internet, not very well-known.

[democrank]

4. Kick

[BigmanPigman]

5. Yep, right across PA, into northern NJ and into NYC.

A surprise tornado in DC saved the capitol in the war of 1812. There have been tornadoes in Philly and the suburbs in the past 50 years too.

[appalachiablue]

7. A tornado that hit DC in the late 80s, tore down power lines all over,

uprooted trees, smashed cars and buildings and knocked out power for 4 days. A tree in our main yard was ripped up and thrown against the front door. It was a weird time, on the last day as we were headed to a community center for ice the electricity came back on.

Stay steady and safe NY area!