OFFICIAL SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES/WATCHES
Forecasting:
Severe weather advisories and watches were issued by Meteorologist
Paul Knightley
Tornadoes
- 1 Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 1 Tornado Watch
Thunderstorms
- 3 Convective Outlooks
- 1 Convective Discussions
For full forecasts and dates, go to the 'Severe Weather Watches & Advisories' section of the TORRO Forum.
June events [to date] as assembled by Terence Meaden & Paul Brown
Abbreviations:
TN = Tornado
FC = Funnel Cloud
LD = Land Devil
WS = Water Spout
HS = Hail Storm
* = Event occurred within forecasted parameters
TN 2 = Cotswold Water Park Cirencester Gloucestershire*, Yelverton Princeton South Devon
FC 9 = Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire*, Chipstead Surrey *, Helpringham Lincolnshire*, Rushden
Northamptonshire*, Brentwood Essex*, Clacton-on-Sea Essex, Toll of Birness Hatton Aberdeen,
Bilston West Mids, Tiverton South Devon
LD 5 = two at Dyfi Valley Nr Machynlleth, Barrow Shropshire, Bolton Lancashire, E. of M5 betw.
Glos and Cheltenham junction
WD 1 = near Fairbourne Gwynedd
HS 4 = Coventry Warwickshire*, Huddersfield Yorkshire*, Microburst: Emley Moor (Kirkburton to
Flockton) Yorkshire*
In The News
Last June saw 6 severe weather events recorded and as you can see above, this June has been an
active month in comparison with 15 events being recorded. Nearly 3 times as many events!
Numerous photographs also obtained of events, including the
FC at Milton Keynes, and
FC at Clacton.
Also make sure you read the TORRO thread on the
HS event at
Huddersfield.
TORRO MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE:
Please will members also take the time to go to SETTINGS within the forum homepage and check that
they have entered personal details correctly. In particular we need to know your location in order
to alert you to local severe weather events. A small avatar picture of you or a weather photo
always makes the forum a bit more interesting. Please note that the avatar image must be thumbnail
size 100 kb or less. Use a graphics package or go to
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addition to this you may wish to add a personal photo within your personal settings; it helps
others to get an idea of whom they are talking to!
THE TORRO AUTUMN CONFERENCE IS ON THE 14TH OCTOBER 2006
Site Investigation
Members are reminded that that one of the prime functions of TORRO is to
acquire and research severe weather. This can only be achieved by the pro-active involvement
of its members in this worthwhile activity. It is only by getting out and seeing the damage and
recoding the detail in person that we can hope to gain a true understanding of what has occurred.
If you are interested in knowing more then please go to
http://www.torro.org.uk/TORRO/research/siteinvestigation.php