We had a very severe thunderstorm one evening last summer. It came on as a surprise... it was pretty cool outside for a summer night (67 deg) and the threat of thunderstorms they were calling for earlier was supposed to have ended at least 3 or 4 hours before. I woke up to a loud and almost constant rumbling and looked to the west and saw continuous lightening. Checked the wx alert and there was a severe thunderstorm/tornado warning for the immediate area. When the storm hit is dumped a lot of hail, heavy rain and very intense icy winds. the lightning and thunder were sustained. No immediate local damage that would indicate a tornado but some people in spots described winds and damage that sound like something may have touched down in spots. But no reports of any funnel clouds.
Yesterdays storms were not so bad in my area. Lots of red lightning, heavy rain, some flooding, but no major winds. But when I was monitoring Queens NY fire radio things were sounding pretty bad down there. I didn;t hear of any reports of any funnels being sighted but, the description of the damages in that area sounds like a possible tornado or, a very intense thunderstorm with very high winds.
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Originally Posted by ki4itv
