Caught up with this on the BBC South Today programme this evening ...
they called it the obligatory 'mini-tornado'; it's a 'mini-cyclone' in
this report.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/3963311.stm

Certainly the conditions (and the time of year - with the energy locked
up in the Channel) would lend credence to a tornadic event .... anyone
got any data down there?

A sad event - although these do occur with regularity (even if we can't
recognise them as such), they often do a lot of damage without
necessarily being fatal.

Martin.


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Tsk, tsk Martin, the South Coast is known as the the UK's Tornado Alley (:

Don't Dyson do mini - cyclones??

(argh)

Les


Martin Rowley wrote:
Caught up with this on the BBC South Today programme this evening ...
they called it the obligatory 'mini-tornado'; it's a 'mini-cyclone' in
this report.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/3963311.stm

Certainly the conditions (and the time of year - with the energy locked
up in the Channel) would lend credence to a tornadic event .... anyone
got any data down there?

A sad event - although these do occur with regularity (even if we can't
recognise them as such), they often do a lot of damage without
necessarily being fatal.

Martin.




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Wallsend, Tyne & Wear 54:59N 01:32W,
Home of the Wallsend Stormcam - http://www.uksevereweather.org.uk

BBC South did quite well with this one ... last night (Friday) they had
an interview from someone in TORRO, and the footage of the clear-up was
detailed enough to clearly see the twisted nature of the damage to the
tree - they also made the point that the damage trail was narrow and
confined to a few properties etc.

And, Sally Taylor simply called it a tornado! They must be learning.

Martin.




"Les Crossan" om
wrote in message ...
Tsk, tsk Martin, the South Coast is known as the the UK's Tornado
Alley (:

Don't Dyson do mini - cyclones??

(argh)

Les


Martin Rowley wrote:
Caught up with this on the BBC South Today programme this evening ...
they called it the obligatory 'mini-tornado'; it's a 'mini-cyclone'
in this report.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/3963311.stm

Certainly the conditions (and the time of year - with the energy
locked up in the Channel) would lend credence to a tornadic event
.... anyone got any data down there?

A sad event - although these do occur with regularity (even if we
can't recognise them as such), they often do a lot of damage without
necessarily being fatal.

Martin.




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Les Crossan,
Wallsend, Tyne & Wear 54:59N 01:32W,
Home of the Wallsend Stormcam - http://www.uksevereweather.org.uk