For starters 89mph gust at the Needles, yesterdays shipping forecast for
2 southern sea areas "violent storm force 11" for Sole and Shannon.
Precedents?
Checking all the Mays from 1901 to 2008 in Philip Edens GB weather
disasters book. Plenty of serious thunderstorms and rainstorms, but only
these wind events reported there.

21st 1950 tornado and overturned bus
19th 1952 tornado
4-5th 55mph gust Canmbridgeshire
16th 1962 100mph gust Western Isles , Scotland
19th 1996 "high winds"in Ten-tors area
9-21 1997 Tornado , Woburn

A sort of "me-too" moment on the day its reported the world's biggest
ever iceberg launches itself from Anatartica

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Global sea level rise to 2100 from curve-fitted existing altimetry data
http://diverse.4mg.com/slr.htm