New York ( CNN ) -- Severe weather barreled across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic on Saturday as a powerful cold front brought heavy rain , high winds and at least one tornado into a beachfront neighborhood of New York City . A waterspout with winds up to 70 mph churned onshore and turned into a tornado toward Breezy Point , officials said , a Queens neighborhood on the western edge of the Rockaway peninsula . Amateur video captured images of the twister spiraling a mixture of sand and debris , which was largely flung onto a nearby baseball field , according to Ross Dickman , a National Weather Service spokesman . Are you there ? Send your photos and videos , but stay safe . The funnel churned about 600 yards inland before dissipating , Dickman said . But it still had enough power to knock down trees and power lines , causing minor structural damage to nearby buildings . iReporter : ' I knew a tornado was coming ' A New York fire department official , who declined to be named citing official policy , said fire units deployed to the Breezy Point area in response to reports of overturned cars , broken windows and roof damage . `` It just got real windy and dark , '' said Juliana Santiago , who works at the Silver Gull Beach Club . Roughly half a mile away , the Breezy Point Surf Club was damaged and closed after storms knocked out the power , said Santiago . `` I heard a big wind and heard a snapping of a utility pole , '' said Jim Brady , who said he watched as the storms rolled in at Breezy Point . `` It literally looked like the Wizard of Oz , '' said Jim Brady , a fellow witness . A second confirmed tornado touched down in Brooklyn , another New York City borough , around 11:30 a.m. , according to the weather service . This twister was about 50 yards wide as it traveled a half mile in Canarsie , about 9 miles north of the other reported tornado . iReporter records flooding in Brooklyn neighborhood . No one was killed or injured as a result of the Brooklyn tornado , which had 110 mph winds -- meaning it is categorized as a strong EF1 , on a scale from EF0 to the most powerful EF5 . Tornado warnings and watches were in effect for much of the day across parts of New York , New Jersey and Connecticut before expiring Saturday night . The harsh weather forced U.S. Open men 's and women 's singles tennis matches in Flushing Meadows , in the New York City borough of Queens , to be rescheduled to Sunday . In 2010 , three tornadoes ripped through New York City , knocking down trees and power lines and badly damaging several vehicles and buildings . Heavy thunderstorms also whipped through the Washington , D.C. , area on Saturday , leaving tens of thousands without power . Pepco reported 65,000 outages at one point . Dominion Virginia Power , on its Twitter feed , said it had restored electricity to 55,000 of 115,000 affected customers . Twelve people at the Prince George 's County Fair were injured as they tried to evacuate Show Place Arena , about 20 miles east of Washington in Maryland , due to pending severe weather , the National Weather Service said on its official Twitter feed . In July : New York state official among 3 killed during powerful storms . CNN 's Susan Candiotti , Adam Reiss and Leora Kapelus contributed to this report .
NEW : Thousands without power in Virginia , Washington , D.C. A tornado hits in a beachfront neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York . A second tornado hits New York City , this time in Manhattan . 12 are hurt trying to leave arena outside D.C. due to severe weather .