OFFICIAL SEVERE WEATHER ADVISORIES/WATCHES
Forecasting:
September has been a relatively quiet month with Nigel Bolton & Paul Knightley forecasting severe weather through the start of autumn.
Tornadoes
- 5 Tornado Advisories
- 3 Tornado Watch
Thunderstorms
- 0 Severe Thunderstorm Advisories
- 0 Severe Thunderstorm Watch
September events [to date] as assembled by Terence
Abbreviations:
TN = Tornado
FC = Funnel Cloud
LD = Land Devil
WS = Water Spout
* = Event occurred within forecasted parameters
TN
28th Walney, S. Cumbria*
Aghalee, Co. Armagh*
Rasharkin, Co. Armagh*
TN & WS
Fleetwood, Lancs*
FC
8th Ballintogher, Co. Sligo eve
10th Filton, Bristol*
Haverhill, Suffolk*
24th Weymouth, Dorset
S & W coast Gurnsey
26th Witton Gilbert, Durham
LD
6th Birkenhead, Wirral Merseyside
WS
24th Off W. Coast, Guernsey
COMMENTS
This month saw TORRO getting even more publicity through the Channel 4 Equinox special on the August Birmingham tornado. Around an hour after the end of the programme ended, Robert Doe reported on the Forum that there were 45 email requests to join TORRO, with more following afterwards! Then on the 26th Stuart Robinson & Mark Humpage featured on the Richard and Judy show on Channel 4 speaking of current severe weather events and plugging TORRO again.
The event reported in Walney, South Cumbria was investigated by Mark Drasdo who went to the area and spent time interviewing local residents. A nicely detailed site investigation and his contact with the local media has also provided further photographic evidence for the TORRO archive. Samantha Hall visited the Tornado/Waterspout event at Fleetwood, Lancashire and has provided another well planned site investigation and photographs detailing the damage caused by this event.
The Tornadoes that occurred in Aghalee & Rasharkin were forecasted well in advance by Nigel Bolton & Paul Knightley; with Paul and Martin North finding time to be interviewed by local media in respect of this event. Martin also spent time documenting the event and providing two comprehensive site investigations and 75 + (!) photographs of the sites.