RESEARCH//EVENTS

Data collection, site investigations and research form the core of TORRO's activities. Below are a list of notable severe weather events and accompanying post-event analyses, most involving site investigations. This is by no means a complete list and is merely a small extract from the TORRO database.

This page also serves as a way to provide updates on ongoing investigations following recent severe weather events.

Please note: TORRO is not responsible for the content contained on external websites.

Date	Event type	Locations impacted	TORRO report	External report
07 June 2025	Tornado (T2)	Pulborough (West Sussex)
27 January 2025	Tornado (T2/3)	Goring Heath (Berkshire)
08 October 2024	Tornado (T2)	Hayling Island to Nutbourne (Hampshire)
26 September 2024	Tornado (T2) Tornado (T2) Straight Line Winds	Hook (Hampshire) Hartley Wintney (Hampshire) Yateley (Hampshire)
20 September 2024	Tornado (T2/3)	Aldershot (Hampshire) to Weybourne (Surrey)
27 December 2023	Tornado (T4/5)	Dukinfield and Stalybridge to Dovestone (Greater Manchester)
12 December 2023	Tornado (T3)	Wrays to Salfords (Surrey)
10 December 2023	Tornado (T4)	Leitrim (Co Leitrim)
01 November 2023	Tornado (T6) Large Hail (H5)	St Clement to Fliquet (Jersey) St Helier to Rozel (Jersey)		/ / /
	Tornado (T2/3)	Loders (Dorset)
28 October 2023	Tornado (T3)	Condicote (Gloucestershire)
	Tornado (T4)	Littlehampton and Wick (West Sussex)
17 September 2023	Tornado (T2)	Littlehampton, Wick and Lyminster (West Sussex)
23 October 2022	Tornado (T4) Tornado (T1) Tornado (T3)	Barton on Sea to New Forest (Hampshire) Timsbury (Hampshire) Up Somborne to Hurstbourne Priors (Hampshire)
	Tornado (T2/3)	Marwell (Hampshire)
31 October 2021	Tornado (T3)	Cassington (Oxfordshire)
	Tornado (T4)	Church Hanborough to Hampton Gay (Oxfordshire)
20 July 2021	Large Hail (H5) Large Hail (H4)	Kibworth (Leicestershire) Thaxted (Essex)
25 June 2021	Tornado (T2)	Barking (Greater London)
21 December 2019	Tornado (T3)	Ottershaw and Chertsey (Surrey)
27 August 2016	Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H3-4) Large Hail (H3-4) Large Hail (H3-4)	Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) to Spalding (Lincolnshire) Landrick (Lincolnshire) Steventon to Oxford (Oxfordshire) Chesterton to Bicester (Oxfordshire) Towcester to Moulton (Northamptonshire)
01 July 2015	Large Hail (H6) Large Hail (H5) Large Hail (H5)	Skipton (North Yorkshire) to Newcastle (Tyne & Wear) Bolton (Greater Manchester) Oldham (Greater Manchester) to Leyburn (North Yorkshire)
13 January 2015	Tornado (T1/2)	Harrow (Greater London)
08 October 2014	Tornado (T0/1)	Haverthwaite (Cumbria)
19 July 2014	Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H3)	Bicester (Oxfordshire) to Towcester (Northamptonshire) Axford (Wiltshire) to Oxford
16 December 2012	Tornado (T2/3) Tornado (T2) Large Hail (H2-3)	Sancreed (Cornwall) St Erth (Cornwall) near Penzance (Cornwall)
28 June 2012	Large Hail (H6) Large Hail (H3+) Tornado (T4) Tornado (T2/3)	Berkswell (West Midlands) to South Kyme (Lincolnshire) Telford (Shropshire) Newbold Verdon to Cropston Reservoir (Leicestershire) Swarby to Ewerby (Lincolnshire)
07 May 2012	Tornado (T4) Tornado (T2) Tornado (T2)	Ducklington (Oxfordshire) Yarnton to Kidlington (Oxfordshire) Eynsham (Oxfordshire)
03 August 2011	Tornado (T2/3)	Dunnington (East Riding of Yorkshire)
03 November 2009	Tornado (T3/4)	Monkwood (Hampshire)
26 March 2009	Tornado (T2/3)	Brundish (Suffolk)
07 August 2008	Tornado (T2)	Lakenheath (Suffolk)
15 July 2007	Large Hail (H4-5)	Hastings (East Sussex) to Sellindge (Kent)
07 December 2006	Tornado (T5)	Harlesden, Kensal Rise and Kilburn (Greater London)
12 June 2006	Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H3)	Kenilworth (Warwickshire) to Hinckley (Leicestershire) Shepley to Batley (West Yorkshire)
22 August 2005	Tornado (T2)	Broadhaven Bay (Co Mayo)
28 July 2005	Tornado (T5/6) Tornado (T3) Tornado (T2)	Birmingham (West Midlands) Peterborough (Cambridgeshire) Wymondham (Leicestershire)	/ /
19 June 2005	Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H3-4)	Stourbridge to Wolverhampton (West Midlands) Little/Great Fencote and Kirkby Fleetham (North Yorkshire) Newton Aycliffe (Co Durham)
02 May 2005	Tornado (T3/4)	Hoghton to Samlesbury (Lancashire)
28 January 2004	Tornado (T3)	Egremont (Cumbria)
12 May 2003	Tornado (T1)	Rathangan (Co Kildare)
25 August 2000	Large Hail (H4)	Sennen to Rosemergy (Cornwall)
07 - 08 January 1998	Tornado (T3) Large Hail (H3-4)	Selsey (West Sussex) to Peacehaven (East Sussex) East Chaldon (Dorset) to Hastings (East Sussex)	/
17 May 1997	Large Hail (H5) Large Hail (H4)	Thame (Oxfordshire) to Buckingham Berkhamsted (Hertfordshire) to Stagsden (Bedfordshire)
07 June 1996	Large Hail (H6) Large Hail (H5) Large Hail (H4-5) Large Hail (H4-5) Large Hail (H4-5)	Hale (Hampshire) to Comberton (Cambridgeshire) Gransden Lodge to Histon (Cambridgeshire) Furneux Pelham (Hertfordshire) to Breckland (Norfolk) Portland (Dorset) to Arncott (Oxon) Leigh (Dorset) to Castle Cary (Somerset)
24 July 1994	Large Hail (H6)	Asfordby (Leicestershire) to Welby (Lincolnshire)
14 December 1989	Tornado (T4)	Great Moulton, Wacton and Long Stratton (Norfolk)
26 May 1985	Large Hail (H5-6) Large Hail (H3)	Romford (Essex) to Preston St Mary (Suffolk) Stanford-le-Hope to Witham (Essex)
05 June 1983	Large Hail (H5)	Chickerell (Dorset) to Eastbourne (East Sussex)
23 November 1981	Tornado outbreak (up to T4)	Numerous places in England and Wales
23 September 1976	Large Hail (H3)	Blythburgh (Suffolk)
07 May 1976	Large Hail (H4)	Kimberley to Bulwell (Nottinghamshire)
14 August 1975	Large Hail (H3)	Hampstead to Hendon (London)
05 August 1975	Large Hail (H3-4) Tornado (T3)	Coventry Airport (Warwickshire) to Attleborough (Warwickshire) Coventry Airport to Dadlington (Leicestershire)
14 July 1975	Large Hail (H5-6)	Edgbaston (West Midlands) to Carburton (Nottinghamshire)
04 August 1938	Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H3-4)	Torquay to Hedgebarton (Devon) Zennor to Mounts Bay (Cornwall)
22 September 1935	Large Hail (H6)	Newport (Gwent) to Mundesley (Norfolk)
14 June 1931	Tornado (T6/7) Tornado (T4)	Birmingham Handsworth (Warwickshire)
27 October 1913	Tornado (T7) Tornado (T5) Tornado (T4)	Taff Vale (Glamorgan) Runcorn to Widnes (Cheshire) Bulkeley to Beeston (Cheshire)
24 June 1897	Large Hail (H7)	Slough (Berkshire) to Brightlingsea (Essex)
01 August 1846	Large Hail (H5-6) Large Hail (H5) Large Hail (H5) Large Hail (H4-5) Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H4)	East [Great] Weldon (Northamptonshire) Uffington/Casewick (Lincolnshire) to Ufford (Cambridgeshire) Bromley to Regents Park (London) Acle to North Walsham (Norfolk) Metfield (Suffolk) to Wymondham (Norfolk) Basted Mills to Addington (Kent) Thatcham (Berkshire) to Faringdon (Oxfordshire)
09 August 1843	Large Hail (H7) Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H4) Large Hail (H4)	Stow-on-the-Wold (Gloucestershire) to Horsey (Norfolk) Amesbury (Wiltshire) to Long Wittenham (Oxfordshire) Chatham to Hoo St Werburgh (Kent) Bungay (Suffolk) to Acle (Norfolk)
10 June 1682	Tornado (T3?)	Oxford

Last updated: 06 October 2025