Hail Brings Brooklyn to a Near Standstill in a Freaky Storm
A freak autumn storm turned parts of the city into a winter wonderland on Monday night, pounding some of Brooklyn and Manhattan with hail the size of quarters.
The ferocious front blew in out of the east, hitting the city at about 8:30 p.m. and prompting multiple severe storm warnings and flash flood warnings.
Joann Binns, 61, of Manhattan, said she was pelted by hail a quarter-inch in diameter.
“I started running. There were ice stones,” said Binns, who sought shelter under the marquee outside Madison Square Garden. “They hit me and I said, ‘I’m outta here.’ They hurt.”
The storm prompted transit officials to reroute the F subway line and suspend the G line because of station flooding. The wicked weather also delayed the Jets’ game against the Minnesota Vikings in the Meadowlands for 45 minutes because of lightning.
In Brooklyn–hit by a destructive tornado only last month–hail piled up on sidewalks and cars, and flash floods left some streets impassable.
“It’s beautiful, but scary,” said Sam Kopp, 35, of Bedford-Stuyvesant. “It sounded like the roof was going to fall in. It’s amazing.”
On St. Johns Place in Park Slope, a 30-foot tree crashed onto a parked Chrysler minivan, blocking the street.
“There was ice everywhere,” said Gilberto Santana, 42, a window dresser who lives nearby and watched the tree fall. “It was a river in the street almost up to my knees.”
The National Weather Service received reports of hail the size of quarters, said meteorologist John Murray.
At the height of the storm, Murray said rain was falling at the rate of two inches an hour.
cool
wow great pics!
Talia
STUNNING pics!!! I mean, I hope everyone is okay and uninjured but incredible pics.
Q ---> B
Great shots — you sure are talented!
really freaky
I think everyone is going to say in the future, “remember that crazy storm in October 2010!” (like the blizzard of 96,e tc.)
Niz
Thanks for sharing!
Coincidence?
This comes right after Parshas Noach where Hashem warned of an impending Mabul – coincidence?
ete
go shmuli go!
awesome footage
where was the flooding video shot?
ShmoBagel to 6
If your up to date with your Chitas you would know that was last week.
:-)
elisha
i was thinking the same thing the photography and photos are in a class above the rest keep snapping!
wowow
my succa boards flew into the street!!!!!!!!!!
to #9
yeah-and this week comes right after last week.
the last parsha that was completed was parshas noach.
G-d-s beauty
awesome pics! even storm like this can be beautiful!!1
hey shmobagel
do you live in chicago
la
cool thats amasing
Pics are pretty but...
All i can say is that A. they dont look quarter size, B. here we get them for up to half hour as big as baseballs-do your math and you’ll realize thats like 5 times bigger, and it NEVER floods like that. CHers, be glad this is a one time thing.
Junior photographer
10 4 to the photographer the pics are award winers
Moshe
great photos !!! I especially loved the pictures of 770 and of the museum.
please respond and tell us what type of camera and lens were used and what camera settings were used to take these amazing pics.