POUGHKEEPSIE, New York (WABC) -- The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down at 7:14 p.m. in the Town of Wappinger in Dutchess County.
Wild videos captured the powerful storms moving through the Tri-State Area overnight into Thursday.
A funnel cloud passed over a mall in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County.
Heavy rains and strong winds also pounded the area.
Lee Goldberg explains what happened in the video below: