London Tornado

[WinkingPig]

Heard about a Tornado in London earlier;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6217514.stm

Also, Radar image attached at the time of the Tornado.

 

[ChristopherP]

Incredible!

 

[WinkingPig]

It was predicted beforehand, only by around 30seconds to a minute before it began, due to the StormWatcher network in the UK.

Some people in the track before it happened noticed major mammatus and rotation as the storm passed through, then a few moments later, reports came in about the Tornado.

 

[michael 118]

pretty spectacular i must say.

i saw some of on the news, maybe an indication of whats to come?

 

[Me__2001]

woah, its been pretty windy where i am and had to drive round a fallen tree on the way home but i wasn't expecting to hear about a tornado

 

[Rush]

An extreme mammatus cloud

http://mirror.wrpn.net/weatherusa/clouds-mammatus-usafa-20040810.jpg

Cheers Chris, fascinating stuff, only want to see one though !!! its always appealed to me, glad no one was seriously hurt

 

[michael 118]

An extreme mammatus cloud

http://mirror.wrpn.net/weatherusa/clouds-mammatus-usafa-20040810.jpg

Cheers Chris, fascinating stuff, only want to see one though !!! its always appealed to me, glad no one was seriously hurt

wow thats so surreal.. just like the nebula images,amazing.

it was windy for a little bit down here, 2 or 3 gusts when i was out and about and a spit of rain, but nothing more.

hard to think that just a couple hours drive away was a tornado..

 

[Rush]

By Michael 118

hard to think that just a couple hours drive away was a tornado

Have a guess at this then !!...

Question ?...Which Country has the most Tornado`s per year per square mile ???


http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/az/alphabet60.shtml

 

[Rush]

May 3rd 1999 Oklahoma City....

Nothing prepared the inhabitants to what was to become one of the greatest natural storms to hit our planet in centuries...

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/news/may3rd/outbreak.html

 

[itsme]

My brother lived in Whitmore gardens [Kensal rise] had he been still living there his house would have been without a roof or pine end I bet he`s glad he moved, have not spoken to him since 1974. Dont ask! dont ask! Ok he`s a lying pig of a man. I feel sorry for those living there.

 

[michael 118]

By Michael 118



Have a guess at this then !!...

Question ?...Which Country has the most Tornado`s per year per square mile ???


http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/az/alphabet60.shtml

ah yes i knew that one... but the thought of a tornado in London and realising how many tornadoes we have a year never really comes across to me

 

[Taffycat]

The scenes on the TV news are unbelievable, it would be bad at any time of year, but particularly devastating for those affected right now (so close to Christmas)

 

[Abarbarian]

I feel sorry for the folk afected . Birmingham last year , London this year . Glad I live in the north , we just get floods

 

[cirianz]

scary!!! I didn't even know the UK got Tornadoes, let alone the most per square foot. Guess you learn something every day
I hope the hurt people are OK now, although the people with property damage are likely to take a long time to recover also. Really kills all the illusions of security & safety we like to hold onto. Scary stuff.