Clonfert Tornado

Dynamo Roller

Taken in Banagher facing NWW just before 7 pm.

ninebeanrows

Great we have another spot in the convective thread too.

Dynamo Roller

video to follow soon

Iancar29

HOLY CRAPS!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Iancar29

Best i could find at the time but nothing stands out as to the strength as what the photo looks !

pad199207

Good Christ! Was there damage?

Dynamo Roller

woman in a shop in Bangher said there was a transformer blown out and power is gone in parts of the Galway side of the Shannon

DominoDub

Yes you can see the ESB Outage from this online active map

https://www.esb.ie/esb-networks/powercheck/

Iancar29

Waiting patiently for said videó ....

Dynamo Roller

The phone networks are down atm. when they are back up I'll get the lad who got the video to post it public on facebook and I'll post link. Might be a while.

downonthefarm

nice,hope nobody was hurt though!

pad199207

Iancar29 wrote: »

Waiting patiently for said videó ....

Theres a Video??!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

maquiladora

That's impressive.

Dynamo Roller

Here 3 pics full quality.

YbFocus

That's bloody crazy, looks like your a fair distance from it too, quite a width to it!

Dynamo Roller

the church in the picture is St. Rynagh's Church in Banagher

Dynamo Roller

i checked the distance on google Earth from the house to the ebs report and its no less than 4 miles away. that was a big one alright.

YbFocus

That is pretty Damn big, like it was no fairy blast

Iancar29

THats a WEDGE right there!!!!!

dexter647

Just looking at this photo and your estiamte of it being 4 miles away thank god it didn't pass through Banager as that would not have been good:eek:....Any idea how long it was on the ground Dynamo?

Lumi

Seems to have touched down near Clonfert - there's trees down and structural damage

Dynamo Roller

dexter647 wrote: »

Just looking at this photo and your estiamte of it being 4 miles away thank god it didn't pass through Banager as that would not have been good:eek:....Any idea how long it was on the ground Dynamo?

People in Lusmagh spotted it first and it died out in clonfert so I reckon it travelled around 4 or 5 miles. As to how long it lasted I can't say. No doubt it will be all over the news tomorrow and the experts can tell us.

Iancar29

Lumi wrote: »

Seems to have touched down near Clonfert - there's trees down and structural damage

Official storm reporter Boardsie on seen?

anybody emergency services there too?

eskimocat

Fantastic shots! So lucky to catch a shot like that. Hopefully there wasn't too much damage done, but its mad to think we get tornadoes that size in Ireland!

YbFocus

It's crazy and a tad scary!

Lumi

RTE have a report from the area

A freak weather event in east Galway has caused structural damage to a number of buildings this evening and knocked down several trees.
There are no reports of any injuries but power supplies have been affected around the Clonfert area.
ESB crews and Galway County Council staff are working at the scene.
Locals have been describing how a black cloud roared into view around Clonfert shortly after 6:30pm.
One eyewitness, who was in the local church at the time, heard what she described as a "terrible sound" and went outside to see the cloud spinning as it moved along.
Parish priest Fr John Naughton said the way in which trees had been damaged was “almost indescribable”.
He said branches had been whipped away and that a number of old trees in the area had been uprooted.
There are reports that old gravestones in the cemetery adjoining St Brendan's Cathedral in Clonfert have been knocked over by the winds.
A number of roofs have also been dislodged from farm buildings.
It is understood the roof of the tea rooms at the back of the Emmanuel House of Prayer in Clonfert has been badly damaged.
A number of trees have fallen on the approach road to the house.
Fr Naughton said the cloud seemed to have gone along a narrow strip around Clonfert.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/1002/477948-galway-weather/

Iancar29

Gerry just called it a "MINI Twister"" !!! *

eskimocat

If a funnel cloud touches ground, isn't it a tornado? albeit a mini one?

Dynamo Roller

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=661032670581800&set=vb.100000252195264&type=2&theater

Dynamo Roller

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=661032670581800&set=vb.100000252195264&type=2&theater

Heres One Video

Mars Bar

****ing hell. I've had a few too many nightmares involving tornadoes. This is just way to close to home for me!

YbFocus

Ah come on Lawrence!

Ponzi Bilharzia

Am I going to be the first to say That Beats Banagher?

babybrian

Not great pics compared to others but best I have

Red Nissan

eskimocat wrote: »

If a funnel cloud touches ground, isn't it a tornado? albeit a mini one?

I'll tag it an EF2 now. Not mini. IMO.

Iancar29

eskimocat wrote: »

If a funnel cloud touches ground, isn't it a tornado? albeit a mini one?

A tornado is a tornado , weak , or strong yes , but no such thing as mini...

vicwatson

Iancar29 wrote: »

A tornado is a tornado , weak , or strong yes , but no such thing as mini...

Any Tornado in Ireland is fookin' HUGE *

*Considering we rarely get them !

delw

That looks a bad ass tornado thanks for posting OP

babybrian

I saw it as just starting and I'm thinking it was somewhere around Meelick weir from my best guess, moved along pretty lively but definitely wasn't touching the ground then I lost sight of it for maybe 90 seconds and when I saw it again it had gone north and looked to be hitting ground over clonfert direction.

Dynamo Roller

I've seen another video much closer but it was through my sisters facebook account and the person that uploaded it won't allow public sharing.

Red Nissan

vicwatson wrote: »

*Considering we rarely get them !

Last I heard about 40 a year ~ usually rain wrapped and only detected by the damage left behind. The vast majority seem to be touchdowns, this one was on the ground and engaged fully, arguably the biggest tornado identifiable in Ireland's recent weather history.

We'd have two EF1s already this year.

Dynamo Roller

My grandfather often seen them out fishing in Meelick over the years but never described anything this big. i wonder if the Shannon is a catalyst for them.

Listrydude

jaysis

Red Nissan

Listrydude wrote: »

jaysis

No, not him, but some say the fingerofgod !!

ninebeanrows

A tornado is a tornado end of.

And this most certainly was not a 'mini tornado' going by the damage reports.

Iancar29

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

I've seen another video much closer but it was through my sisters facebook account and the person that uploaded it won't allow public sharing.

Message the person possible and ask them to change it?

downonthefarm

this is not a hoax like last one>?

neaideabh

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

the church in the picture is St. Rynagh's Church in Banagher

Thanks for that!

Dynamo Roller

Heres the other vid but its tilted 90 degrees.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=468041366645549&set=vb.100003190704221&type=2&theater

Damn sharing settings won't let it visible to public, ill see if i can rip it somehow.

Red Nissan

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

Heres the other vid but its tilted 90 degrees.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=468041366645549&set=vb.100003190704221&type=2&theater

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Dynamo Roller

Red Nissan wrote: »

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I'm ripping it from my browser cache and rotating the video in vlc now give me a few minutes.