Always wonder what kind of damage Hazel did in NY, NJ and CT. There was a 100mph + gust at battery park. I can't find any descriptions of the damage without digging up archived local newspapers from the time.
And here's the slow motion. You can see the blast wave creating debris and sends it flying outward. Then the rising air plume starts sucking debris back inward..
Seeing reports that both Sodium and Ammonium nitrate were stored there. Sodium nitrate isn't explosive on it's own and would not have reacted with another chemical fast enough to cause something that big. Ammonium nitrate is the more likely suspect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonium_nitrate_disasters
Christobal gets out of the way tomorrow night Might squeeze in some decent storms over OH and E MI. Euro and GFS also showing convection near the ULL center moving over IA and WI.. Could make for some odd looking radar images.
Most of the CAM don't have storms in our are until well after 00z. Not the best time for tornados. NRN PA and NY get convection earlier in the day, they probably have a better chance.
A lot of thunder is better than we normally get with the synaptic system squall lines.. Usually it's indistinguishable from a gardener accidentally hitting the window with the hose for 10 seconds.
Imagine if there was a bulls ass that could talk, and screamed "Hey everyone look at me" every 2 minutes. You think people would catch on and stop falling for it after 70+ years but apparently sometimes they don't.