Wide tornadoes such as the one which slammed New York on Sunday are relatively rare, but even more unusual is the fact that forecasters were able to predict zones hard hit earlier on, by nearby regions slammed in the Northeast over the weekend.
The National Weather Service issued the warning at 8:40 p.m. ET, telling residents to immediately go indoors, seek shelter and stay away from windows.
An extremely rare tornado slammed New Jersey, Manhattan, The Bronx, Westchester, and Connecticut overnight. WNBC reported that said tornado warnings were also briefly issued for Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Bergen, Fairfield, The Bronx, and New York County.
The National Weather Service issued statements of the tornado touchdown. https://www.weather.gov/
