Martin Rowley wrote:
... have just heard that a pilot has reported (via local police) a
Funnel Cloud 'heading for Sunderland'. Looking at the radar and vis
imagery, I'm not surprised: might be worth keeping an eye open for
similar events over the next couple of hours.

Martin.

That line of red blobs (CF, trough, squall?)
hasn't quite reached us here yet in North Tyneside but there have been
reports of mini supercell activity on the washington highway and
minitornadoes over the Stadium of Light causing F6/T12 damage in that
area

Les