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Update:
National Weather Service New York will perform damage survey in
Staten Island... Brooklyn and Queens on Friday...
A National Weather Service storm survey team... in partnership with
the NYC office of emergency management will conduct a damage survey
in Staten Island... Brooklyn and Queens on Friday morning. Once all
data has been collected... a determination will be made as to whether
a tornado or straight line winds occurred Thursday evening.
Until all damage is inspected and data has been reviewed... a
determination cannot be made. Media is requested to not interfere
with the survey so that it can be done in a timely manner. More
information will be released as it becomes available.
They'll be looking for circular patterns in the debris field. That will be tough though, unless large items fell -like trees. I did see very distinct blue and brown tornadic signature somewhere near Brooklyn's waterfront - I think, based on this alone, we may see an F0.