A very busy month by comparison to October 2003 with eight confirmed tornadoes and five unconfirmed, thirteen confirmed funnel clouds and one waterspout/tornado. Last October saw just one tornado, two funnel clouds, two waterspouts and one remarkable shower.
OCTOBER WHILWINDS
TN 4th Oct 0730 BST Cawood, nr Selby, York. Report courtesy of Paul Brown
tn? 4th Oct 0800 BST Thorgill, N. York Moors. Report courtesy Sam Jowett and the Community Forum.
tn? 4th Oct 0840 BST Cambridge. Report Courtesy Sam Jowett via UKWW (Mike Jeggo)
tn? 4th Oct Huxley, Cheshire. Report Courtesy of Richard Muirehead via BBC News.
tn? 4th Oct Flaxton, York. Report Courtesy Paul Brown.
TN 4th Oct 0815 Paulton, Somerset. Report Courtesy UKWW. Eyewitness confirmation.
FC 6th Oct 0920 Jersey, Channel Islands. Report Courtesy Paul Brown via Jersey airport obs.
FC 7th Oct 0855 Jersey, Channel Islands. Frank Le Blancq Jersey Met Dept.
FC 7th Oct 0920 BST Ronaldsway, Isle of Man. Weather Station. Report Courtesy Paul Brown
FC 13th Oct 1745 BST Bristol Channel. Eyewitness Len Gaughen. Courtesy Alan Rogers
FC 14th Oct 1548 BST Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Photo confirms. Report courtesy T Meaden
FC 14th Oct 1630 BST Cuckmere Haven, E Sussex. Eyewitness Glenn Barham Operational Reporting Seaboard Energy (EDF)
TN 14th Oct 0445 BST Horsham E Sussex. Site Investigation Tony Gilbert
TN 14th Oct Felpham W Sussex. Site Investigation Brendon Jones
TN 14th Oct Storrington W Sussex. Site Investigation Brendon Jones
2 FC 14th Oct 1400 BST Bolton Manchester. Photo confirms. Report courtesy T Meaden
TN 14th Oct 1600 BST. Leicester. Site Inv M Humpage, S Robinson, S Jowett
FC 16th Oct PM Northampton. Eyewitness Roger Smith. Report courtesy Sam Jowett
FC 16th Oct 1330 BST Shrivenham, Wilts. Report courtesy Sam Jowett
FC 16th Oct 1615 BST Brooke, Norfolk. Report courtesy Paul Robinson
FC 18th Oct 1020 BST Ronaldsway, Isle of Man. Weather station. Report Courtesy Paul Brown
FC 18th Oct 1720 BST, Broadstairs. Report courtesy Paul Domaille
WS/TN 19th Oct 1145 BST Isle of Man. Pilot eyewitness. Report courtesy Tony Gilbert
tn? 21st Oct Lincolnshire. Report courtesy Paul Knightley
2 TN 28th Oct 1425 BST Corfe Castle Town, Dorset. Site investigation R Doe, T Gilbert
OFFICIAL SEVERE WEATHER WATCH/ADVISORIES
A tornado watch was issued for 3rd- 4th (UK), 20th (UK,) , 21st Oct (Ireland & UK)and 29th Oct (S.UK and S.Wales)
A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for 28th & 29th Oct
2 confirmed and 4 unconfirmed occurred within 3rd-4th tornado watch
An unconfirmed tornado also occurred 21st Oct within a watch period
A further two tornadoes occurred just before the severe thunderstorm watch had been issued (unknown at the time)
Well done Paul!
Forecaster Meteorologist and executive to TORRO Paul Knightley
DISCUSSION
Quite a busy month all round with some good interaction by members for site investigations. Names include Brendon Jones, Laura Gilchrist, Dave, Robert Doe, Mark Humpage, Stuart Robinson, and myself. Sorry if I have missed any others! A big thank you to other members such as Paul Brown, Paul Domaille , John Mason and Sam Jowett who have surfed the internet media and other forums to bring us information that would otherwise go astray. This interaction is very much appreciated by TORRO and is invaluable.
TORRO has continued to aid students with their thesis or dissertation projects. Several enquiries and communications have been followed up during the October period. We hope our efforts as an organisation can assist those in need of our acquired knowledge! Likewise we hope they will be encouraged to join our cause and increase public awareness.
Without sounding like a scratched record, I would like to once again reiterate the importance of putting day, date, time and place in the ‘subject title’ when reporting severe weather events. By doing this the thread can build into three or four pages with no doubt as to which tornado you are talking about when you enter into the discussion. Can I just say that the majority are now stating the necessary information, just the few need to pull up their socks a bit! Please!
Credit and appreciation goes out to Paul Knightley and Nigel Bolton our resident meteorologists. Both have busy jobs and their interaction with TORRO’s watch warn system is much appreciated. Well done Paul with this months succession of successful watches. These will go along way toward acquiring credibility for TORRO’s work and advances in this field.
We are currently arranging a professional re vamp of the TORRO web site. A big thankyou to web weaver David Hollingworth for his work so far. The new website looks to become more interactive with members able to upload images directly to the gallery. We are hoping to establish an automated system for subscription also.
Condolences go out to the aggrieved family who recently lost a loved one associated with the Corfe Castle twin tornado event 28th October. TORRO has extenuated its efforts in understanding what and why this tragedy has happened. Direct correspondence between local authority, police and TORRO (namely Robert Doe) continues on behalf of the investigation.
And lastly TORRO staff and members would like to offer condolences to TORRO member Mark Lowe’s family. Mark Lowe sadly lost his fight for life on the 23rd October. He will be sadly missed by all that new him. A special thought for him should be made by those that visit the Great Plains next year in respect for his passion in chasing!
Tony Gilbert
Director to TORRO
Any mistakes or updates please post directly to me Anthony.gilbert@torro.org.uk and not this thread. thank you