Weather
Tornado Spotted In Hudson Valley Tuesday
Severe thunderstorms produce heavy rain and hail in some spots.
So far, the severe weather that moved quickly through the Hudson Valley produced one tornado. The National Weather Service said a trained spotter reported a tornado at Yulan, Sullivan County.
The tornado was spotted around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Yulan is in the western part of Sullivan County, near the New York-New Jersey border.
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Golf ball to baseball size hail this afternoon across parts of southeastern New York. A trained spotter has reported a tornado earlier in Yulan NY (Sullivan County). The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton PA airport recorded a wind gust of 64 mph. pic.twitter.com/LUOjk2IX1T
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) May 15, 2018
Trained spotter has reported a #tornado on the ground in southern Sullivan County near Yulan and Monticello, NY. pic.twitter.com/rYdSZMvhjs
— WeatherOptics (@weatheroptics) May 15, 2018
Over the course of the afternoon, tornado warnings were issued for central Ulster, northeastern Orange and Dutchess counties.
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