A tornado warning was issued for parts of New York City on Thursday afternoon, with officials telling residents to ‘take cover now’ before the storm weakened.
The National Weather Service (NWS) alert covered parts of Queens, including JFK Airport and the Rockaways, before expiring at 2pm ET.
Tornado warnings are unusual in New York City, particularly this late in the year, when the warm, moist conditions that typically help fuel tornado-producing storms are less common.
The NWS said the storm had weakened below severe limits and ‘no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.’
The warning ended, but heavy rain continued to threaten flooding
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