Catastophic Tornado in Oklahoma

The video above shows a tornado forming in Oklahoma that occurred on May 24th of this year. The tornado was a part of a series of tornadoes that occurred in the late afternoon on that Tuesday. There were four deaths and three children were critically injured due to the tornado. The video shows how quickly the tornado formed and the destruction it caused along its path. Winds were estimated to range between 55 miles-per-hour and 75 miles-per-hour while also including hail the size of baseballs. As seen in the video, the tornado features dense cumulonimbus clouds which are evident as the tornado forms. The temperature was recorded to be 68 degrees, which was the 55th coolest on redcord for May in Oklahoma.

Hurricane in New York?

This past Friday, on June 17th, New York City was hit with a heavy amount of rain fall that occurred at two separate times. The first storm hit the five boroughs between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm. Many main roads and side streets were flooded, causing a great deal of traffic in the hours to come. The temperature dropped from 78 degrees throughout the early afternoon to 57 degrees during the thunderstorm.

 

The second storm on that Friday evening did not last as long as the first storm, but was equally as damaging. The second storm only lasted approximately thirty minutes nearly one hour after the original storm, but it continued to flood the streets of New York City. The heavy rainfall caused slight damage to roads in the city, namely in Queens and Brooklyn. The picture below depicts cumulus clouds, which are typically associated with thunderstorms.