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5/19/06 1030-EDT Tornado in NYC
self- on scene | 5/19/06 | atomicvomit

Posted on 05/19/2006 8:08:43 AM PDT by Atomic Vomit

Tornado touch down on upper Newark Bay. No reports yet of damage. Heavy squalls continue in area.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: funnelcloud; newarkbay; newjersey; newyork; nj; ny; tornado; weather
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SCOOP!

AV

1 posted on 05/19/2006 8:08:45 AM PDT by Atomic Vomit
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To: Atomic Vomit

No way. How infrequently does this happen in the NYC area?


2 posted on 05/19/2006 8:10:10 AM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (Mmm! The tears of unfathomable sadness! Yummy!)
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To: Atomic Vomit

Wow

great pics


3 posted on 05/19/2006 8:10:40 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Governor of California, another job Americans won't do.)
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To: Atomic Vomit
pictures are taken from Staten Is. north shore facing north to the Port Elizabeth container docks.

Funnel was over upper Newark Bay. It's direction of travel was NNW- slow.

Funnel lasted about 10 minutes.

AV

4 posted on 05/19/2006 8:10:56 AM PDT by Atomic Vomit (www.aroostookbeauty.com)
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Toto,we're not in Teteboro any more
5 posted on 05/19/2006 8:11:40 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: Atomic Vomit

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1037 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 2006

NEW YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
EASTERN HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT...
* AT 1028 AM...SEVERAL TRAINED SPOTTERS AS WELL AS LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE FUNNEL
CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JERSEY CITY...OR ABOUT NEAR
BAYONNE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BATTERY PARK...HOBOKEN...UNION CITY AND MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
LAT...LON 4065 7411 4065 7404 4077 7396 4080 7406
$$


6 posted on 05/19/2006 8:11:42 AM PDT by NY.SS-Bar9 (DR #1692)
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To: Atomic Vomit

And here I didn't know they had mobile homes there!


7 posted on 05/19/2006 8:12:13 AM PDT by pikachu (For every action there is an equal and opposite government program)
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To: Choose Ye This Day
Wow, pretty cool.

I don't remember the last time NYC got a tornado. Here in Jersey, we get one or two a year. Dinky ones.

8 posted on 05/19/2006 8:12:21 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Choose Ye This Day
Very rare.

These are the first pictures online.

A FreeRepublic/AV world exclusive!!!

AV

9 posted on 05/19/2006 8:12:32 AM PDT by Atomic Vomit (www.aroostookbeauty.com)
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That looks like a waterspout, which are much weaker than tornados and happen frequently in coastal areas during squally weather.


10 posted on 05/19/2006 8:13:27 AM PDT by ExpatGator (Progressivism: A polyp on the colon politic.)
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To: Atomic Vomit

Holy cats. Incredible pics!


11 posted on 05/19/2006 8:14:10 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Atomic Vomit

I'm not even going to say what that tornado looks like.


12 posted on 05/19/2006 8:15:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: Atomic Vomit

Is that a tornado or a water spout? Any way the pictures are great. Hope nobody was hurt.


13 posted on 05/19/2006 8:17:20 AM PDT by pgkdan
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To: Atomic Vomit
Nice scoop there.

It isn't headed towards Chappaqua is it?
14 posted on 05/19/2006 8:18:07 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: Atomic Vomit

Cool photos. A loud rumbling of thunder just sounded here in Manhattan about ten minutes ago.


15 posted on 05/19/2006 8:18:58 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (Can money pay for all the days I lived awake but half asleep?)
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To: Atomic Vomit

Dang. I'm in NYC and I didn't hear or see anything about it.


16 posted on 05/19/2006 8:19:00 AM PDT by AConnecticutYankee
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To: McGruff

I was hoping for U.N. HQ


17 posted on 05/19/2006 8:19:13 AM PDT by workerbee (Democrats are a waste of tax money and good oxygen.)
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To: Atomic Vomit

So I guess NYC is part of "Tornado Alley" now?

Or maybe we should call it the "Tornado Docks"?


18 posted on 05/19/2006 8:20:17 AM PDT by nhoward14 (How do I spell relief? C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

How often? Well ...

From the New York City Office of Emergency Management
Tornadoes and NYC

Though generally associated with the central United States, tornadoes occasionally occur in New York City. In October 1985, an F1 tornado touched down in Queens, injuring six people. In August 1990, an F0 tornado struck Staten Island, injuring three people. A more intense F1 tornado struck Staten Island again in October 1995, causing some property damage, but no injuries. Most recently, an F0 tornado and a "gustnado" occurred in Staten Island's Bullshead and Willowbrook areas on October 27, 2003. The F0 tornado was responsible for uprooting eight trees and causing minor property damage and the "gustnado" uprooted a 30-foot pine tree - there were no injuries.


19 posted on 05/19/2006 8:22:15 AM PDT by AConnecticutYankee
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To: Atomic Vomit

Great pics! Good job!


20 posted on 05/19/2006 8:24:17 AM PDT by LdSentinal
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