New York, Delaware Tornado Warnings: Videos Shows 'Ominous' Scenes

Severe storms battered parts of Delaware and the New York City area Thursday evening, with a probable tornado inflicting substantial damage in Dover and two waterspouts twisting and dousing portions of Queens and Long Island.

Key points

• Flights were grounded Thursday evening at Philadelphia International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and John F.
• A flood watch is active from Philadelphia to New York City until 2 a.m.
• As the storms triggered flooding, travel disruptions and reports of damage throughout the area, authorities declared states of emergency in Dover, Delaware's capital, and Nassau County, New York.
• "We are seeing significant storm damage throughout the city, " the Delaware Police Department wrote on Facebook.
• There are preliminary reports of damage from the waterspout in Atlantic Beach, the NOAA remarked, with more information anticipated Friday.

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As the storms triggered flooding, travel disruptions and reports of damage throughout the area, authorities declared states of emergency in Dover, Delaware's capital, and Nassau County, New York. Damage in Dover After Tornado Warning.

Notably, the probable tornado in Delaware's capital city generated "significant" damage, per office-holders. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) informed Newsweek late Thursday it has received videos and a report from a trained spotter of a rain-wrapped tornado in Dover, but stated a damage assessment would determine whether the storm climbed to tornado status and its severity.

City authorities issued a state of emergency just after 6 p.m. ET, urging residents to stay home and off the roads.

"We are seeing significant storm damage throughout the city, " the Delaware Police Department wrote on Facebook. Two Waterspouts Documented in New York.

In New York, the NOAA is reviewing damage from two waterspouts-swirling bands of air and moisture that form over water and deliver potent winds and stir up high waves-that may have impacted parts of the Eastern Rockaways and Atlantic Beach in southern Queens and Nassau Counties from 6: 30 p.m. To 7 p.m. ET.

There are preliminary reports of damage from the waterspout in Atlantic Beach, the NOAA remarked, with more information anticipated Friday. Photos show damage at Atlantic City's Sun and Surf Beach Club. Nassau County additionally declared a state of emergency Thursday.

Tornado and flash flood warnings were issued for parts of Queens. In Manhattan, videos posted on social media indicated flooded subway stations as heavy rains pounded the city during the evening commute.

Flights were grounded Thursday evening at Philadelphia International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport against the backdrop of the severe weather. As of 10 p.m. ET, all four were still reporting delays of regarding one hour, according to FlightAware. Regarding 6, 750 flights were delayed and almost 850 others canceled throughout the U.S. As of late Thursday.

Meanwhile, a flood watch is active from Philadelphia to New York City until 2 a.m. Friday.

Scattered severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall are feasible into the night in the Mid-Atlantic, and heavy rain will shift to Virginia and the Carolinas on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. Contact Newsweek editors on this story: Edward T. Cummins.

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