( CNN ) -- Strong storms and heavy rain hampered travel from North Carolina to Maine on Tuesday . It was difficult to find an on-time flight out of the Northeast as some major airports had arrival delays of more than four hours . At one point , LaGuardia Airport had a delay of almost five hours . The fight tracking website FlightAware.com said more than 4,600 flights originating in or flying to the United States had been delayed for various reasons , including weather . There were more than 1,200 cancellations . The National Weather 's Storm Prediction Center told the millions of Americans along the East Coast to expect storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts . The bad weather was n't just there . Forecasters said tornadoes were possible in Colorado and Wyoming . There were also flash flood warnings in at least 10 states as storms passed through . In Voorhees , New Jersey , one resident said it felt like a tornado had hit . `` There was lightning striking all around us . Everywhere , '' Sarah Lindauer told CNN affiliate KYW . At least 10 homes in the South Jersey town were damaged , but there were no immediate reports of injury and the weather service blamed the destruction on a severe thunderstorm , not a tornado . Melissa Calkins , an iReporter from Bergen , New Jersey , said it only rained for a few minutes , but when it did , the sky really opened up . She was out walking dogs when the storm hit . She got them in the car and headed to their owner in West New York , New Jersey , about four miles from where she was . `` I was shocked to reach higher ground and still reach a flooded path , '' she said . `` I had to find an alternate route . '' But not before snapping a picture that showed clearing skies , but water that almost covered the tires of four cars . CNN 's Henry Hanks contributed to this report .
LaGuardia Airport had a five-hour delay at one point . More than 4,600 flights were delayed Tuesday , according to one website . A resident of New Jersey said lightning was all around her home . TL;DR The storm system that spawned the deadly tornado in Oklahoma is moving into parts of the Midwest and Northeast on Tuesday.