OFFICIAL SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES/WATCHES
Forecasting:
Severe weather forecasts by Meteorologist Paul Knightley.
Tornadoes
- 0 Tornado Advisories
- 0 Tornado Watch
Thunderstorms
- 0 Severe Thunderstorm Advisories
- 0 Severe Thunderstorm Watch
- Convective Outlooks - 0
- Convective Discussions - 2
For full forecasts and dates, go to the 'Severe Weather Watches & Advisories' section of the TORRO Forum.
April events [to date] as assembled by Terence Meaden
Abbreviations:
TN = Tornado
FC = Funnel Cloud
LD = Land Devil
WS = Water Spout
HS = Hail Storm
DB = Down-burst
* = Event occurred within forecasted parameters
TN
07th April: Middleton (Alkrington) *
TN
08th April: Cannock, Staffordshire and Tebay, Cumbria
FC
08th April: Shap, Cumbria
FC
09th April: Havre de Pas, Jersey (x3)and Stewarton (16km N of Prestwick) Scotland
LD
08th April: Rixton (near Manchester)
HS
07th April: Manchester*
DB
07th April: Rusholme & Didsbury *
COMMENTS
APRIL WEATHER EVENTS
The Manchester event on the 7th April consisted of an initial report by Nigel Bolton of large
hail and then further information came to light of damage caused by strong winds, possibly a tornado. TORRO
members Samantha Hall, Tim Sharp and Andrew Begent-Peers conducted a site investigation into this event.
Initial conclusions of a tornado accompanied by large hail and downburst winds formed this event. Read the
comments by the site investigators and view their photographs on the TORRO Forum by clicking here. Nigel
Bolton reported on the TORRO Forum that the small village of Tebay in Cumbria suffered a Tornado during
Saturday the 8th of April with initial damage reported to be overturned and damaged caravans/mobile homes.
Martin North made contact with an eyewitness and obtained further details. For photographs of damage and
the storm's structure and eyewitness accounts click here.
BIRMINGHAM TORNADO CONFERENCE - JULY 2006
This will be a Public accessed TORRO event to be held at Birmingham University, Edgbaston on Saturday
29th July 2006. It will cover the Birmingham Tornado event that occurred on July 28th
2005 and there will also be mention of previous tornadic events that have occurred in the Birmingham area.
There will be guest speakers from outside TORRO as well as presentations by TORRO members on the events of
that day; from how severe storms form, to how we think tornadoes form, to forecasting the event and the
investigation of the aftermath. TORRO Members are encouraged to attend - put this date in your diaries and
watch this space for more details!
1030 - Registration and refreshments
1100 - 1125 Terence Meaden
The work of the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation: Tornadoes as a weather hazard in Britain
1125 - 1145 Chris Chatfield
The Birmingham Tornado disaster of June 1931
1145 - 1230 Paul Knightley
An Introduction to Thunderstorms and Tornadoes - The Meteorological background to, and the forecasting of,
the Birmingham Tornado
1230 - 1300 Steve Grogan
Birmingham tornado emergency planning and response.
1300 - 1330 - Questions and Answers
LUNCH - 1330-1430
1430 - 1500 Ian Brindley
A ground-based survey: Birmingham tornado track and damage
1500 - 1530 Colin Morris (or other)
An aerial survey: results from the Rapid Response Survey of the Birmingham tornado
1530 - 1600 Stuart Robinson
Other English tornadoes on the 28th July 2005
1600 - 1630 - Questions and Answers
1630 CLOSE
THE TORRO AUTUMN CONFERENCE IS ON THE 14TH OCTOBER 2006