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.
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.
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.
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(Source: NY Daily News)
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