Over the weekend, severe weather hit New York City as a cold front brought heavy rains, strong winds, and even a couple of tornadoes. What started out as a waterspout with 70 mile per hour winds turned into a land tornado in a Queens neighborhood. The tornado quickly dissipated, but not before traveling approximately 600 yards knocking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings in its path. Nine miles north, in Brooklyn, another tornado touched down. It passed through at 11:30 a.m., was about 50 yards wide, and covered half a mile. This twister reached winds of 110 miles per hour and was considered an EF1 on a scale of EF0 to EF5. The severe weather caused the U.S. Open men's and women's tennis matches to be postponed.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Two Tornadoes Strike Two Different New York Boroughs
Over the weekend, severe weather hit New York City as a cold front brought heavy rains, strong winds, and even a couple of tornadoes. What started out as a waterspout with 70 mile per hour winds turned into a land tornado in a Queens neighborhood. The tornado quickly dissipated, but not before traveling approximately 600 yards knocking down trees and power lines and damaging buildings in its path. Nine miles north, in Brooklyn, another tornado touched down. It passed through at 11:30 a.m., was about 50 yards wide, and covered half a mile. This twister reached winds of 110 miles per hour and was considered an EF1 on a scale of EF0 to EF5. The severe weather caused the U.S. Open men's and women's tennis matches to be postponed.
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