Severe Weather Storm Hits New York City Yesterday - No Damage On Roosevelt Island But Funnel Cloud Seen By Resident, Possible Tornado In Brooklyn

You Tube Video of NYC September Tornado Warning

The Wall Street Journal Metropolis Page asks if that was really a tornado that hit New York City yesterday:

While we pick the branches from our stoops and await official ruling from the National Weather Service and the city’s Office of Emergency Management on whether that really was a tornado that caused Thursday night’s storm damage, here’s an overview of the choices they’ll have to make...

I've been out of town the last couple of days so did not know how severe the storm was but became concerned yesterday when I saw these tweets from a Roosevelt Island resident.

Susan S Arcelay Tweeted:

I watched storm approach from E. Rvr & saw 2 small funnel clouds and major rotation-I was relieved it passed so fast!

and:

I'm on Roosevelt Island with views of the E. River staring directly @ manhattan. watched it come over the city with my kids

I asked Roosevelt Island Public Safety Department Chief Keith Guerra if the storm caused any problems for Roosevelt Island. Mr. Guerra replied:

There was nothing to report on yesterday's storm. Roosevelt Island was unaffected.

Here's a video of the possible tornado heading towards Red Hook and Park Slope Brooklyn

You Tube Video From Adrian Mueller / fabrik studios

and another showing what the severe weather was like for a couple of guys watching it from their Brooklyn apartment.

You Tube Video of Brooklyn September 2010 Tornado via Curbed

Here are some pictures of the storm from readers of the NY Times.

UPDATE 7/19/12 - Here's what happened on Roosevelt Island during July 18, 2012 storm.