Tornado hits London

xzanti

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1243278,00.html

Scary stuff :eek:

Nalz

Jaysus - flying slates!:eek:

mickith

feck that. scary stuff alrite and it couldnt have happened at a worse time

whats that film where the weather goes all crazy, day after tomorrow i think
its on its way:eek:

User45701

was waiting for something like this i had a feeling it would happen what with the tornado warning we had here last Sunday

chamlis

Repent for your sins!

petes

mickith wrote:

feck that. scary stuff alrite and it couldnt have happened at a worse time

whats that film where the weather goes all crazy, day after tomorrow i think
its on its way:eek:

What do you mean? Was there a better time for it to happen?


Scary stuff. I wish we had a basement at home.

admiralofthefleet

just looking at sky news now, it looks like a scene from that film hope & glory

arseagon

mickith wrote:

feck that. scary stuff alrite and it couldnt have happened at a worse time

whats that film where the weather goes all crazy, day after tomorrow i think
its on its way:eek:

I only watched that last night. Time to start rooting out the winter woolies i think.

mickith

What do you mean? Was there a better time for it to happen?

just before christmas. there will be a few people without homes for christmas
that would be absolutely crap:(

Ruu_Old

Moved to Weather, xzanti, lets not starve other forums of some traffic. Thanks.

petes

mickith wrote:

just before christmas. there will be a few people without homes for christmas
that would be absolutely crap:(

I wasn't even thinking of Christmas.

Dave!

That's pretty f*cking mad... And there was only a tornado warning here a few days ago!

Global warming, tut tut!

Takeshi_Kovacs

Tis a wonder how no more than 6 were injured, especially with all those slates and debris flying around....

blooeyes

That tornado hit just round corner from my brother and sisters house, just missed them!!! When brother got home he thought bomb had gone of in area, and wen he got to house their dog was so scared, mustve been loud!!!! thank god there ok tho, but lots of people without homes tonight. Scary stuff

sunset

User45701 wrote:

was waiting for something like this i had a feeling it would happen what with the tornado warning we had here last Sunday

Where was the tornado warning? Who issued it? Was it really for Ireland? The other thread relting to tornado starts with a statement that implies a warning was given for Ireland, but there's no reference to anything. I think there is confusion with a warninig that was given for parts of England.

Trogdor

The references were in another thread. here they are again
http://estofex.org/cgi-bin/polygon/showforecast.cgi?text=yes&fcstfile=2006120406_200612030000_2_stormforecast.xml
and
TORRO CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION 2006/026 & TORRO TORNADO WATCH 2006/029

A TORRO CONVECTIVE DISCUSSION has been issued at 2020 GMT on Saturday 2nd December 2006
Valid from/until: 2020 - 1200 GMT on Saturday/Sunday 2nd/3rd December 2006 for the following regions of the United Kingdom & Eire:
All parts of the British Isles
In addition, a TORRO TORNADO WATCH has been issued at 2020GMT on Saturday 2nd December 2006 the following regions of the United Kingdom & Eire:
Southern Eire
Central and southern England
Wales
Channel Is
SYNOPSIS



Potent Atlantic system approaching the British Isles. Cold front/occlusion will sweep east/north-east across the BI overnight. Deep layer shear is of the order of 100 knots in places, with 0-1km shear of over 40 knots. An area of drier mid-level is expected to overrun and destabilize the front across the TORNADO WATCH area. Following on from the cold front, in the region of the upper trough, CAPEs of 1-200 J/Kg are expected around western coasts tomorrow morning, before mid-level warming ahead of the wrap around occlusion limits the CAPE..


THREATS


DISCUSSION AREA:
All parts of the British Isles are at risk from gusts over 60 mph overnight tonight, as the cold front moves through. This may locally be enhanced by line convection, and if this occurs, there is also the risk of hail and isolated tornadoes, as well as occasional cloud-ground lightning. Following on from the front, heavy showers/thunderstorms around western coasts tomorrow morning may bring isolated gusts to 60 mph.
TORNADO WATCH AREA:
Whilst highlighting enhanced zones of risk from convective storms is very tricky in this situation, there are signs that the areas included in the TORNADO WATCH are at higher risk than elsewhere. Mesoscale models develop line convection along the cold front across this region, especially across S Eire, SW England and Wales, with a notable pressure “jump” in the isobars.
If this were to occur, tornadoes to T4-5, hail to 20mm diameter, wind gusts 60-80mph, and occasional cloud-ground lightning would be possible.
If intense line convection develops, there is a small risk of an outbreak of tornadoes.

Forecaster: RPK.



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Plissken1

User45701 wrote:

was waiting for something like this i had a feeling it would happen what with the tornado warning we had here last Sunday

Where was the Tornado Warning for last Sunday ?

Because I was over the west of Ireland for the weekend, and we had a very strange experience on Sunday morning, where for about 2 mins you couldnt even get out the front door of the house the wind was so strong, the sky turned green n black and there was forked lightning. Just minutes later the sun was out, the one time I forgot my camcorder too :mad: