OFFICIAL SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES/WATCHES
Forecasting:
Severe weather advisories and watches were issued by Meteorologist
Paul Knightley
Tornadoes
- 0 Tornado Advisories
- 0 Tornado Watch
Thunderstorms
- 2 Thunderstorm Watch
- 2 Convective Outlooks
- 4 Convective Discussions
For full forecasts and dates, go to the 'Severe Weather Watches & Advisories' section of the TORRO Forum.
May events [to date] as assembled by Terence Meaden & Paul Brown
Abbreviations:
TN = Tornado
FC = Funnel Cloud
LD = Land Devil
WS = Water Spout
* = Event occurred within forecasted parameters
FC 12 = Ayr Ayrshire, two in Tiverton Devon, Emlyn Newcastle, Cardigansh SE of Jersey, two in
Bracknell Berkshire, Cranwell Bedfordshire, Hutton Lancashire, Brent Knoll Somerset, Ilford Essex,
Lerwick Shetland.
TN 5 = Sleaford Lincolnshire*, Kilmarnock Ayrshire, Scarisbrick Lancashire, Mere Brow Lancashire,
Tarleton Lancashire.
In The News
An active month for severe weather occurring in the UK with several reports listed above. The
Hutton FC on the 21st of May was photographed in spectacular style and this can be seen on
the TORRO forum.
Similarly the FC that was reported on the 23rd of May can be seen
here on the UKWW pages, along with the FC reported at
Lerwick here.
John Tyrrell carried out a two-day site investigation in the town of Buncrana in County Donegal
following reports of a TN on the 16th May. His findings meant that the initial reports by the
media of smashed windows, chimneys wrecked and roof tiles displaced could be corrected and John
has recorded this event as a T0 TN.
See his report
here.
BIRMINGHAM TORNADO CONFERENCE JULY 2006
This will be an open to the public 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.
See the agenda for this event below:
10.30 - Registration and refreshments.
11.00 - 11.25 Terence Meaden - The work of the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation:
Tornadoes as a weather hazard in Britain.
11.25 - 11.45 Chris Chatfield: The Birmingham Tornado disaster of June 1931.
11.45 - 12.30 Paul Knightley - An Introduction to Thunderstorms and Tornadoes - The
Meteorological background to, and the forecasting of, the Birmingham Tornado.
12.30 - 13.00 Steve Grogan - Birmingham tornado emergency planning and response.
13.00 - 13.30 Questions and Answers.
13.30 - 14.30 Lunch - With light refreshments provided.
14.30 - 15.00 Ian Brindley - A ground-based survey: Birmingham tornado track and damage.
15.00 - 15.30 Colin Morris (or other) - An aerial survey: results from the Rapid
Response Survey of the Birmingham tornado.
15.30 - 16.00 Stuart Robinson - Other English tornadoes on the 28th July 2005.
16.00 - 16.30 Questions and Answers.
16.30 CLOSE
TORRO Members are encouraged to attend - put this date in your diaries!
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