Tornado Warning in Westchester and Rockland Counties

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The tornado warning for Westchester and Northern Rockland Counties expired at noon. Here is the previous information from the National Weather Service.

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT FOR WESTCHESTER

AND NORTHERN ROCKLAND COUNTIES...

AT 1142 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO

INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STONY

POINT...OR NEAR HAVERSTRAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO

BUCHANAN AND PEEKSKILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS

THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY

ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU

ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE

LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO

NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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