Investigation into possible tornadic activity around Foulksmills , Co Wexford , 2 Nov 2022
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07-11-2022 2:45pm#1
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For now just putting down some facts as I know them activity would seem to have been between 13.00 and 13.30 from reports on Twitter.
Reports of gusts from micker844posts of 76km/h at his station in Waterford and 104km/h at Waterford airport at 12.07, Johnstown castle was getting gusts of around 83 km/h up to the the 13,00 obs, no report again until 15.00.
spookwoman had a post at 14.09 ( see below, can see the rain radar returns below of a squall feature, although perhaps not technically a squall line but a line of clouds producing heavy precipitation accompanied by strong winds and possibly some thunderstorms although they would appear to have been brief) not much sferic activity showing up overland in the SE at the time but their was activity just off the Waterford coast around 13.00 maybe this was associated with the squall that spookwoman reported. It was travelling in a SW direction which would bring it roughly in the Foulksmill direction. Earlier Sat pic shows the big clouds that produced the heavy rain and less cloudy on the later pic ( -1hr for Irish time ) all travelling very quickly and as can be seen by twitter videos it cleared quickly once the backend of the front went through. If the event took place between 13.00 and 14.00 then the radar would suggest that all the rain had gone through and perhaps all the cloud ?? Is this the right time ?? Could this have been more of a straight line wind or downburst ??
The charts were indicating the possibility of thunderstorm's that day more so following the front in the unstable air with the following cold uppers. Shear was quite evident that day also.
Record of sferics between 12.00 and 14.00
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Locals. Or should say a haulier who knows the area and farms very well, said it started in the townsland of Balliniry, Fethard and then moved on for Clongeen, Foulksmills. It stopped somewhere in that path between Balliniry and Clongeen for a time.
Haven't got times or where or when it stopped and started again but it was bad in Balliniry and it was bad again above Clongeen to just above Foulksmills village.
I was there the following morning around Clongeen and Foulksmills and there was a definite path of destruction left. If on the path everything was destroyed. And then beside it all and around everywhere else the leaves were still on the trees, not a twig broken. It was like a barrier of zero between destruction and not.
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Good video from Ashling_Kelly on Tik Tok
Quote from above 'it was like a big fat funnel that came down from one of the storm clouds'.
Interesting video saying it might have started near Taylerstown
Just going on some tweets mention of damage in Ramsgrange which is the starting point on the expected path, mention of Ballycullane and the red pointer is where the person in the second video said the rear dash cam is looking towards Clongeen / Folkmills so the front dash cam might show the cloud base from which the expected tornado came from perhaps ( I can make out the date on the dash cam as 2-11-2022, the time 13:36:11 ?? wrong time ??.
The end of the line is Folksmills.
Also mention of damage in Gusserane. Saw another tweet , don't know how accurate or serious but said it might have started by the ferry which would put it in the general line also if it did. Just bits I am picking up from the tweets atm. Need more evidence to corroborate these bits from twitter /tik tok.
Click to enlarge map.
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The Farmers journal link shows pictures of a farmers severely damaged sheds in Baliniry, Ramsgrange, this would tally with what Say my name said of the report from the haulier , so that is a good idea of near the starting point ( assuming it is one tornado ).
Video of what the conditions were like in Wexford that day, don't have a time for the video but will try to find out.
Good pictures from Extra.ie , note the bent steel.
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