OFFICIAL SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES/WATCHES
Forecasting:
Severe weather forecasts made this month by Meteorologist Paul Knightley.
Tornadoes
- 0 Tornado Advisories
- 1 Tornado Watch
Thunderstorms
- 0 Severe Thunderstorm Advisories
- 2 Severe Thunderstorm Watch
For full forecasts and dates, go to the 'Severe Weather Watches & Advisories' section of the TORRO Forum.
February events [to date] as assembled by Terence Meaden
Abbreviations:
TN = Tornado
FC = Funnel Cloud
LD = Land Devil
WS = Water Spout
* = Event occurred within forecasted parameters
TN
15th February: Templand, Locmaben, near Annan, Dumfries *
FC
15th February: Lerwick, Shetland *
COMMENTS
The Templand TN was reported to TORRO via the online reporting tool by a resident of the area where it occurred. This spurred some detective work by some TORRO members after some discrepancy over the actual date of the event. Although it was reported to TORRO as occurring on the 22nd of February, the conditions on this day certainly seemed unlikely for TN development, but eventually a local newspaper where the report originated from confirmed the event date as 15th of February and weather radar for this date also backed this up (it has to be said that several TORRO members also thought it would be the 15th!). View the forum thread. You can also see a picture of the Lerwick funnel cloud.
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!