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Watch Time Lapse Videos: Insane July Thunderstorm Swallows New York City
At around 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon, the earth cried big, wet tears in NYC.
This mid-summer thunderstorm slapped New York City in the face Thursday afternoon, sending people into subway stations, libraries and canopies to take cover. The time lapse videos were pretty incredible:
My sister who works in the Empire State building just sent me this. @LeeGoldbergABC7 @nynjpaweather @WxmanFranz pic.twitter.com/6TRQJUqYTS
— Scarlet Knight (@LetsGoRU) July 14, 2016
This is my best time lapse ever. Watch a severe thunderstorm roll across Manhattan from west to east pic.twitter.com/bqjHTUJYqy
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) July 14, 2016
It wasn't the best of days for some Manhattanites:
It's a bad day for someone in the East Village... sudden burst of wind/rain in NYC... equals... foliage #NY1 pic.twitter.com/YsS0OlMLLY
— Brooke Dobson (@BrookeDobson_) July 14, 2016
Time lapse of the #storms rolling through #NYC from earlier! #NYwx #NYCwx #weather #shelfCloud #clouds #weatherporn pic.twitter.com/oSSGhxbwJC
— Sean Klipple (@Alberta_Klipple) July 14, 2016
Gonna pretend that last one didn't use the hashtag #weatherporn.
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THE MOMENT // the storm rolled in #summerstorm
A photo posted by tigi202 NYC (@tigi202) on Jul 14, 2016 at 1:10pm PDT
The storms that hit the city with buckets of water and thunder were then making their way to Long Island and Connecticut early Thursday evening, according to meteorologists.
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