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It's such a pretty day today that it's a little hard to believe that yesterday was practically apocalyptic with the big afternoon-into-evening thunderstorms. Now the National Weather Service has confirmed that the funnel cloud seen in Wantage, NJ did touch the ground and is in fact a tornado. According to WCBS 2, there was a lot of havoc from the tornado, whose winds were up to 120 mph: "Officials say an EF2 tornado tore through the town of Wantage, ripping roofs of some houses, destroying barns, and causing extensive damage to roadways in its path... Two barns were ripped apart; their walls tossed around like pieces of paper. Then there was the silo that tumbled like it was a toy. The silo was made with about 40 tons of concrete and steel all meshed together."
The storms started in Pennsylvania and made their way to northern NJ; luckily, no injuries were reported. In NYC, there was some flooding and power outages.
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That last picture is so beautiful!
Photo 3 looks like a still from The Dark Knight
Growing up in Minnesota and in Iowa I've seen my fair share of funnel clouds. When I saw that mass of low clouds yesterday evening I immediately knew it was a funnel cloud and turned to NY 1 and flipped to ABC, CBS and NBC expecting weather warnings. There wasn't one single warning! Not that I like the repetitive warnings, but I thought an old lady walking to the corner deli might get swept away...
Anyone else think this was strange?
3rd photo was taken in 2008. Nice photo but whats the point?
When in doubt, just click on www.weather.gov .
Up to date warnings, try out the radar loops.
Left the office early yesterday, got home before the storm. Right now there's a tornado warning outside Chicago. Think they know?