Heavy rain, flooding, and a tornado warning near JFK Airport — N.Y. Weather

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Benz said a tornado warning had been issued in Queens, centered around John F. Kennedy International Airport. “it’s radar-indicated,” Benz said.

He added that if a tornado does touch down, “it’ll be a waterspout, that’d be coming on land.”

Waterspouts are like tornadoes that can form over bodies of water. I'm a New York City–based reporter and long-suffering Mets fan.