Temperatures are expected to reach a mild 50 degrees Tuesday afternoon, Feerick said. The typical high for New Year’s Eve in the Central Park area is 40.7 degrees Fahrenheit, as indicated by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data from 1991-2020.

More serious tornado warnings (which are updated rapidly as threats appear and pass) were also issued in parts of Texas and Louisiana throughout the morning. The severe weather prompted forecasters to issue a rare "particularly dangerous situation" alert,