Rare tornado warning issued as thunderstorms and powerful winds beat tri-state area

Rare tornado warning issued for New York as powerful thunderstorms hammer tri-state area with hurricane-strength gusts of 75mph reported in Connecticut

• Tornado warnings were issued for six counties in and around New York City on Sunday night with winds of 60mph forecast to whip through the area
• In Greenwich, Connecticut hurricane-strength gusts of 75mph were reported
• In New Jersey 60 to 65mph winds were reported
• Across tri-state area trees were downed and 101,000 were left without power 
• Shocking videos emerged on social media showing dangerous straight line winds whipping through Manhattan and trees falling on cars 

Rare tornado warnings were issued in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut as powerful thunderstorms rolled through Sunday night knocking down food carts in Manhattan, toppling trees and leaving more than 100,000 without power.

Tornado warnings were issued for six counties in and around New York City on Sunday night with winds of 60mph forecast to whip through the area.

In Greenwich, Connecticut hurricane-strength gusts of 75mph were reported. In New Jersey 60 to 65mph winds were reported, according to NBC New York.

The Big Apple and its surrounding area saw the brunt of the storm around 8pm. 

Officials haven’t confirmed if an actual tornado touched down but whipping winds were reported in the area. The storms were caused by a cold front racing across the Northeast.

Rare tornado warnings were issued in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut as powerful thunderstorms rolled through Sunday night knocking down food carts in Manhattan, toppling trees and leaving 100,000 without power 

Tornado warnings were issued for six counties in and around New York City on Sunday night with winds of 60mph forecast to whip through the area. A view of a downed halal food truck in the Bronx left in the wake of the storm Sunday night above

Powerful winds toppled traffic lights in the Bronx of New York City on Sunday night as a tornado warning was issued for the reason

This tree snapped and collapsed onto a parked car in the Bronx on Sunday as vicious storms rolled through the area

In Midtown debris stated to fall from a building on 57th street. Fire crews also responded to unstable scaffolding on the brink of collapse on West 18th Street and 7th Avenue in Chelsea leading police to rope off the area. There were no reports of any injuries, as per ABC7.

Shocking videos shared on social media showed howling gusts of straight-line winds zooming through the city and pushing people backwards. 

Tornado warnings were issued for Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Bergen, Fairfield, Bronx and New York County. The warnings ended by 10pm.

This Twitter user shared shocking video of violent wind gusts zooming through New York City on Sunday

The video captured the moment powerful wind sent debris flying into the air and the gusts were so strong passerby had to cover their faces and buckled backwards

Tornado warnings were issued for Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Bergen, Fairfield, Bronx and New York County. The warnings ended by 10pm

By the evening tri-state utilities reported that an estimated 101,000 customers were without power. A view of storm damage and downed trees above in the Bronx Sunday night

More than two million people lived in the line of impact of the storm warnings and alerts warned locals to take cover by moving to a basement or an interior room away from windows

A downed traffic light pictured above in the Bronx near Tremont Avenue on Sunday evening

A view of strong winds in White Plains, New York on Sunday night above 

By the evening tri-state utilities reported that an estimated 101,000 customers were without power before 10pm.

The dangerous winds disrupted several train lines and caused trees to crash down, sometimes into houses. Train service for the Long Island Rail Road on the Port Jefferson and Oyster Bay Branches and the Mtro-North New Canaan Branch saw delays  

More than two million people lived in the line of impact of the storm warnings and alerts warned locals to take cover by moving to a basement or an interior room away from windows.