National Weather Service Orders Newark And Paterson Under Tornado Warning
The Upton, New York forecast office rated the storm extreme severity, giving residents a half-hour window until 3:45 PM Eastern.
- Essex and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, sit under the warning from 3:15 to 3:45 PM EDT.
- Newark and Paterson, the two counties' largest cities, fall inside the warned area.
- NWS Upton, New York, classified the tornado threat at its highest severity rating: extreme.
Why it matters: A thirty-minute window is the entire margin nature grants between warning and consequence.