The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) has confirmed a tornado touched down near Morgantown in Berks County, Pa. Tuesday evening.
According to the NWS, the service received video showing a tornado on the ground.
Meteorologist Jonathan O’Brien says Berks County emergency officials reported structural damage to about 20 properties, some of it significant.
Emergency dispatchers in Berks and Chester counties earlier cited roof damage and some partial collapses in Caernarvon Township, which includes Morgantown.
The NWS says it will be conducting storm surveys on Wednesday for the areas near Morgantown and Hopatcong in Sussez County, N.J. hit by the severe storms.
Police in Sussex County Tuesday night were investigating reports that a “possible tornado” damaged Lenape Valley Regional High School in Stanhope. The school has sent out an alert saying that school would be closed on Wednesday.
National Weather Service officials have not confirmed that a tornado touched down in the area.
The NWS also issued a tornado warning Tuesday evening, covering much of the New York City area, encompassing communities such as Staten Island and Newark, N.J.
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The warnings were extended to 10:15 p.m. ET, before they were lifted.
However, a severe thunderstorm warning remains in place for the Brooklyn area until 11 p.m. ET.
According the NWS, winds up to 90 km/h and ping pong-sized hail are possible.
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It came at the same time as a tornado touched down outside Kansas City on the same night, leaving debris raining from the sky in various areas.
-With files from The Associated Press
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