Syracuse, NY -- A second storm swept through the Syracuse area around 5 p.m., following the the storm that had just caused flooding and wind damage in the region.

Check the latest weather and radar on the Syracuse.com weather page.

The weather service issued a flash flood warning for Onondaga County until 3:15 a.m. due to "torrential rain" of an inch or more per hour.

Interstate 81 reopened at Butternut Street after flooding closed it in both directions for over an hour.

The city of Syracuse opened another phone line for people wanting to report flooded streets and other problems. The mayor's office is taking calls at 448-8005.

Syracuse University asked those on campus who needed to report a flooded room or building to call 443-2224, but warned in may take awhile for physical plant to respond.

State police reported a tornado in Herkimer County. At 5:23 p.m., Doppler radar indicated the tornado was located near Wilmurt Corners moving northeast at 40 mph.

The radar showed that a strong rotation was detected in the storm and may be on the ground. Herkimer County residents were warned to protect themselves.

There were 370 people without power at 5:48 p.m. in the Cedarvale area of the town of Onondaga. There were 1,200 residents without power on the south shore of Oneida Lake in Madison County, according to National Grid.

The Nedrow Fire Department put out a request about 5:30 p.m. for large pumps to be brought to the loading dock of Green Hills Supermarket in the 5500 block of South Salina Street, which was experiencing flooding. The store remained open.

The lobby of Upstate University Hospital, which was flooded, reopened at 6 p.m.

Check out more videos from The Post-Standard:

• Syracuse's Onondaga Creek overflows its banks

• Flash Flooding in Downtown Syracuse

• Flooding in Skaneateles

• Hail falls during Tuesday's first Central New York thunderstorm

From the scenes:

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• Man sits on top of car at flooded intersection on the east side of Syracuse, near Fayette Street.

• A line of cars on a flooded street on the east side of Syracuse.

• Lightning strikes the State Tower Building, in Syracuse.

• Syracuse University students in a flooded street.

• Flooding on Sumner Avenue near Syracuse University.

• A YouTube video of flooding on James Street in Syracuse.

• Taking shelter in a cemetery.

• At Boxcar Press in Syracuse.

• Storm clouds over Liverpool

• Storm over Syracuse by Aaron K. Gould



• Dark clouds over North Syracuse