The date was Tuesday 13th of June 2000.
Looking at the Euro 2000 booklet...

( Bjørn Sørheim ) wrote:
Certainly felt in Norway too.
I might have some charts saved from that one.
It took down our last plum tree! Only tree I can recall
that has been downed by wind in any season on our property.
Took several trees with the nearest neighbours.
Known as the 'summer hurricane' in Norway.
It was strongest here just before 5 o'clock in the afternoon. That's
when the Euro 2000 match between Norway-Spain started. Norway won 1-0
by the way... I happened to tape the wrong channel because of the
menace going on outside, so the first half got a *very* lousy quality
recording :-)

Cheers,
Bjørn Sørheim,
in Norway

P.S. The current low is bringing very bad weather to the southernmost
part of Norway right now, too.

"Martin Rowley" wrote:


"Col" wrote in message
...

"Will" wrote in message
...

Nothing out of the ordinary if it were January but in June ?


A few years ago I recall a June depression that was said to have given
gusts up to 100mph albeit in the far north of Scotland and the
northern
Isles with little of note happening in the rest of the country.

ISTR they said it was the deepest Atlantic low on record for June
though
of course the centre didn't track across the mainland.

I made these notes (roughly) at the time: can't promise that all the
data are spot on.

June 2000:

4. A DEEPENING Atlantic depression which tracked north-eastwards between
Scotland & Ireland during the 12th and 13th became exceptionally deep
for the season, its lowest central PRESSURE of 968 mbar ( J. Minhinick
in his email says 964 mbar) being the lowest in the region since June
1944. WINDS averaged 40 to 50 knots for a time in the north & west of
Scotland with GUSTS around or above 70 knots (e.g. Lerwick, Shetland =
70 kn; Stornoway, Lewis = 72 kn/highest June gust this station since
12th June, 1973 in record length since 1961.) - unprecedented in June
(apart from isolated gusts in exposed areas due to instability
features). Fallen trees blocked roads, power lines were brought down and
a North Sea oil rig was set adrift in the Norwegian sector.

Martin.




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