A tornado warning was issued for parts of Queens on Thursday as an ominous cloud was seen on video swirling near John F. Kennedy Airport.
The twister warning was issued for parts of southern Queens, including JFK Airport and southwestern Nassau County, until 2 p.m. as a nor’easter pummeled the Big Apple with pounding rain, according to the National Weather Service.
Video obtained by Fox Weather showed captivated bystanders watching a dark, moving cloud dip low toward the horizon near the airport.
“Tornado, yeah, it’s a warning. Go down,” a man is heard explaining to another person.
“That’s spinning…” he said. “It’s over the water right now. It’s coming this way. That’s it, there ain’t no basement they’re gonna let you in here.”
There were no reports of the formation, known as a wall cloud, touching down on land, CBS News reported.
A flash flood warning was also in effect through 6:15 p.m. in southern Queens, while downpours of hail battered parts of the borough.
A clip from Far Rockaway captured showers of icy pellets forcefully raining down on a back porch on Thursday afternoon, NBC New York reported.
The strong low-pressure storm system made much of New York City bleary Thursday, with over 1.6 inches of rain reported in Central Park.
On Friday, the city could see another third of an inch to an inch of rain — and even a few possible snowflakes in the Bronx — before precipitation tapers off around the afternoon, according to WABC.
After the storm passes through the region, colder air and “pretty gusty winds out of the northwest” are to settle behind it.
Overnight lows in the mid to high 30s are expected for the city and suburbs on Friday and Saturday, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Carl Erickson told The Post.
“This will bring some of the chilliest air so far this season behind the storm,” Erickson said.
