UK Tornadoes

[EccentricM]

So, yet another report

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-53807851/tornado-shaped-cloud-seen-over-brecon-beacons

 

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Tornado-shaped cloud seen over Brecon Beacons

A funnel cloud shaped like a tornado has been captured on camera near Brecon in Powys.

Daniel Meredith spotted the unusual phenomenon on Sunday as he was driving around Wales recording images of thunder and lightning and other extreme weather over the past week.

A similar funnel believed to be a waterspout was also seen in the Bristol Channel on the same day.

 

Just lately with all this strange biploar weather, we've had a few, usually we never get any touch down at all.

 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/gallery/weeks-storms-tamworth-surrounding-areas-18435970

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53069614

 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/huge-cloud-formation-resembling-a-tornado-spotted-just-outside-rochdale-as-storms-sweep-across-the-region/ar-BB15w5Pm

 

2020 is a strange year

Edited August 19, 2020 by EccentricM

[Friends just call me Ross]

Yup.  That there's a tornado.

 

Those storm shots are amazing!!!

Thanks for sharing, Matthew.

 

[Ludwika]

2 hours ago, EccentricM said:

So, yet another report

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-wales-53807851/tornado-shaped-cloud-seen-over-brecon-beacons

 

 

Just lately with all this strange biploar weather, we've had a few, usually we never get any touch down at all.

 

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/gallery/weeks-storms-tamworth-surrounding-areas-18435970

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53069614

 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/huge-cloud-formation-resembling-a-tornado-spotted-just-outside-rochdale-as-storms-sweep-across-the-region/ar-BB15w5Pm

 

2020 is a strange year

Yes, Matthew, a very strange year! 

[JennyM]

They're beautiful.  

[EccentricM]

37 minutes ago, JennyM said:

They're beautiful.  

I've always found them creepy. But I was raised on the movie Twister from a young age, haha.

[Friends just call me Ross]

2 hours ago, EccentricM said:

I've always found them creepy. But I was raised on the movie Twister from a young age, haha.

I was traumatized at a very young age when my parents allowed me to watch The Wizard of Oz movie.

Had recurring nightmares about tornadoes for many decades.

[EccentricM]

2 minutes ago, Friends just call me Ross said:

I was traumatized at a very young age when my parents allowed me to watch The Wizard of Oz movie.

Had recurring nightmares about tornadoes for many decades.

I watched that too! Though I found that more funny. Twister had that weird "other worldly it's alive and coming to get you" vibe, with the creepy music and such.

 

It makes me wonder as well, with that movie, if it's the reason I find modern wind turbines creepy. I don't know why, but seeing them in real life, even from far away, makes me feel sort of uneasy.

Edited August 19, 2020 by EccentricM

[Qapla]

Seems there may have been a tornado in a town about 1½ hours SE of me - that's only 60 miles as the tornado flies

 

 

[EccentricM]

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/local-news/tornado-like-waterspout-filmed-southwold-18848278

 

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A waterspout caught the attention of tourists and residents this weekend after it was spotted moving across the sea.

The weather phenomenon was filmed by Lisa Wroe, 49, from Flint in Wales, while on holiday on the Suffolk coast.

Another today!

Edited August 29, 2020 by EccentricM

[bagwell1987]

On 8/19/2020 at 2:47 AM, Friends just call me Ross said:

I was traumatized at a very young age when my parents allowed me to watch The Wizard of Oz movie.

Had recurring nightmares about tornadoes for many decades.

I still hate that movie. Traumatic for me too.

[EccentricM]

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/incredible-moment-tornado-shaped-cloud-5408915

 

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These fascinating pictures show a tornado-shaped cloud forming above Nottinghamshire.

 

Joe Clarke managed the spectacle from Collingham on Wednesday, May 12, and told Nottinghamshire Live he spotted the formation in the sky as he nipped to the shop.

The county has experienced violent lightning and thunder storms this week, and the Met Office has predicted more rain later on.

The images sent in to Nottinghamshire Live show what is know as a funnel cloud, or 'tuba', according to the Met Office.

 

[EccentricM]

Had a couple more of late.

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weather/1454743/Tornado-in-London-uk-weather-barking-tornado-evg

 

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People on social media are tweeting about a tornado in Barking today and there have also been reports of severe floods in Dagenham. Sky News’ Kiran Bhangal tweeted: “Just experienced a tornado in Barking east London. Dozens of cars and homes damaged. Police and fire crews on the scene. Very scary indeed.”

 

 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/freak-mini-tornado-hits-uk-24461914

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A mini tornado hit parts of the West Midlands forcing householders to be evacuated.

 

Fire crews were called to the aftermath of the tornado which swept along parts of Warwickshire last night.

There were reports of some structural damage to a home that fire crews had to make safe, reports Coventry Live.

 

[EccentricM]

Another yesterday!

 

https://metro.co.uk/2021/07/10/huge-tornado-swirls-over-north-east-as-britain-braces-for-storms-14905130/

 

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Twisters’ have been spotted in Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, as well as Boston, Skegness and Lincoln, Lincolnshire, with extreme weather watchers sharing their images on social media.

Several cone-shaped funnel clouds – tornadoes that do not touch the ground – have been seen across the UK in the past week.

 

 

It's mad how common they're becoming here of late.

[bear_about]

I've seen a few reports, I couldn't believe it haha

[Cushi]

Not to belittle the seriousness of the situation, but those are some puny tornadoes. It’s good you guys don’t get the F4 and F5 tornadoes we get here in “tornado alley” in the United States.

[EccentricM]

30 minutes ago, *Jack* said:

Not to belittle the seriousness of the situation, but those are some puny tornadoes. It’s good you guys don’t get the F4 and F5 tornadoes we get here in “tornado alley” in the United States.

We'd all be dead, lol.

 

We've only had one "large" one which did damage, and that was 2005. I was on holiday at the time, went pitch black even when we were hours away from home (as we live very close to Brum), terrible storm. Not long after the news flash had Birmingham City's tornado broadcasted. It tore several brick houses apart. And that was only an F2. It's considered the strongest one we've had in recent history.

 

We don't have storm shelters over here, and our houses don't have basements or cellars. Completely unprepared for bad weather of this kind in this country. So if we did get a "huge" one, I don't kid when I say we'd be dead.

Edited July 11, 2021 by EccentricM

[EccentricM]

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UK weather: 'Mini-tornado' leaves trail of destruction in Cheshire town

A force spokesman said: "At 12.25pm on Wednesday, 20 October, police received reports of damage in the Widnes area.

"The damage includes a wall falling down, windows of cars smashed and debris on Camberwell Park Road.

"A number of road closures are in place, including Camberwell Park Road at the junction of Moorfield Road.

"Damage has also occurred to the garage of a property on Kensington Close."

The force said there had been no reports of any injuries.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16476876/uk-weather-storm-aurore-tornado/

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weather-mini-tornado-leaves-trail-of-destruction-in-cheshire-town-12439478

 

 

[rocket]

We will have to rename the UK, mini-Kansas. 😂

[Luisabola]

14 hours ago, EccentricM said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/16476876/uk-weather-storm-aurore-tornado/

https://news.sky.com/story/uk-weather-mini-tornado-leaves-trail-of-destruction-in-cheshire-town-12439478

 

 

At the end of the article it said that about 30 a year are reported in the UK, I didn’t know it was that many. Very interesting.