WHIRLWIND EVENTS
Slightly better than last year with one confirmed tornado and one confirmed funnel cloud. Last years March saw just the one confirmed Land Devil.
TN 6th Feb 2115 GMT Crewe, Cheshire. This T1 tornado caused havoc in a street lifting fence panels, throwing wheely bins around and lifting roof tiles etc. Initial report came from David Thorpe and then site investigation from TORRO executive Matt Capper.
FC 28th Feb. St Brelade's Bay, Channel Islands. This eyewitness report was sent to TORRO by Matthew Hatton. This funnel cloud was observed offshore for at least ten minutes and maintained a vertical stature throughout.
AN OFFICIAL TORNADO WATCH was issued for the 1st, 7th and 8th February for UK.
AN OFFICIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH was issued 3rd central UK and N. Ireland, and 7th February Scotland.
Forecaster: (Meteorologist) Paul Knightley.
CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Apologies for late newsletter.
Not a very busy month once again though this is statistically usually the case for February. The new TORRO forum was activated out of necessity. A big thankyou to TORRO executives Stuart, Mark and others for making this possible. Please feel free to now post your messages in whatever thread is appropriate. Please do remember that the Severe Weather Watch/Advisery thread is for meteorolists Paul Knightley and Nigel Bolton, only. If you want to continue on the topic of an advisory please start a thread under Severe Weather Discussion. Please also remember that the Severe Weather Reporting is for tornadoes, funnels, hail over 20mm or convective gusts over 50 kts. All other reporting is appreciated but should go to the general threads. This is just to make it easier for staff and members to follow up important reports and research without having to scroll through all the forums first. The forum has given members excellent potential for showing photo's and sharing their experiences.
The next newsletter will be due shortly so this one was brief.
Till next time!
Yours Faithfully Tony Gilbert (director to TORRO)