Interesting... NYC and surrounding areas are under numerous tornado warnings, flood advisories and flash flood warnings! It looks pretty bad from what I'm seeing via radar.
Here's the latest:
TORNADO WARNING
NJC003-013-017-031-NYC005-047-061-081-240045-
/O.NEW.KOKX.TO.W.0006.100724T0012Z-100724T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
812 PM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
* AT 808 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PATERSON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARAMUS...BLOOMFIELD...PASSAIC...ORADELL...HACKENSACK...
RUTHERFORD...BERGENFIELD...TETERBORO...LYNDHURST...ENGLEWOOD...
SECAUCUS...RIDGEFIELD...FORT LEE...RIVERDALE...UNION CITY...
MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS...HOBOKEN...UPPER WEST SIDE...HARLEM...CENTRAL
PARK...MIDTOWN MANHATTAN...MOTT HAVEN...SOHO...EAST VILLAGE...EAST
TREMONT...BATTERY PARK...LOWER EAST SIDE...LONG ISLAND CITY...
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS...WHITESTONE...TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE...RFK BRIDGE...
THROGS NECK BRIDGE...LAGUARDIA AIRPORT...JACKSON HEIGHTS...
FLUSHING...CROWN HEIGHTS...CO-OP CITY AND ASTORIA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 4091 7430 4090 7428 4092 7429 4094 7428
4097 7429 4107 7420 4087 7378 4086 7380
4084 7380 4082 7378 4080 7378 4065 7393
4090 7433
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 306DEG 25KT 4092 7417
$$
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