Possible Tornado 28 June 2015

[The Hawk]

From Twitter:

Keith Lindsay-Ayres‏@keefywonder
Had a tornado hit our house. Dislodged about 30 roof tiles. #tornado #stafford
3:50 PM - 28 Jun 2015

Staffordshire Fire Verified account‏@StaffsFire
Reports of a mini tornado in Stafford this afternoon causing minor damage to two properties. No injuries reported.
3:44 PM - 28 Jun 2015

Anyone know anything about this?

 

[joshua]

from spotted stafford current
"There was just a mini tornado in Gordon avenue/ first avenue area. Some roof and garden damage,"

 

[Laurie61]

not seen anything here.

 

[tek-monkey]

Wasn't home at the time but wasn't that far away, didn't notice a thing!

 

[wmrcomputers]

Apparently someone's mini greenhouse frame made it onto someone's chimney

 

[Withnail]

Meat tornado?

 

[Floss]

Not a sausage

 

[Jade-clothing]

Wasn't home at the time but wasn't that far away, didn't notice a thing!

Same here, just up the road but nothing to report.

 

[age'd parent]

The green house...

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152828113971386&set=p.10152828113971386&type=1&theater

It went down my daughters road and pulled a few tiles of her next door neighbors.

 

[age'd parent]

Well further to my post on how my window broke, it seems that it was another mini tornado, a house by the play area (The old Coton fields club site) had tiles ripped off the roof as well, that's 2 tornadoes that I know of !!!

 

[Laurie61]

UK's 'tornado alley' identified
By Sean CoughlanEducation correspondent

• 15 June 2015
  
• From the sectionEducation & Family

Map showing incidence of tornadoes from 1980 to 2012. (White areas no tornadoes, bright green low frequency, pink and grey highest frequency) Source: University of Manchester

 

[Toble]

Apparently someone's mini greenhouse frame made it onto someone's chimney

It was our favourite bus driver, Jacquie's, polytunnel that went aloft. She showed us the pics the other night.

 

[ATJ]

Well, from out of nowhere the trees out back nearly bent double and our gazebo broke free of its guy ropes and went flying down the garden. Another tornado, or just a very brief storm?

 

[Gramaisc]

Well, from out of nowhere the trees out back nearly bent double and our gazebo broke free of its guy ropes and went flying down the garden. Another tornado, or just a very brief storm?

Just now? Cold air falling earthwards in front of the rain and then spreading out horizontally - a microburst - can be very exciting if one catches you from behind when landing an aircraft, you can find a good proportion of your airspeed removed very suddenly and leaving you in an imminent stall situation.

http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=ISTAFFOR47 shows the rate of temperature drop and the sudden windspeed increase.

 

[bpelectric]

Stafford UK Britain's answer to the Pan Handle (Tornado Alley USA )

In fact we have more per Square Meter than the USofA our average per yr is 34

 

[Laurie61]

A very dark cloud accompanied by wind/thunder passed west of me heading north, only a few spots of rain from it here. Looks like more incoming on weather rain radar.

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/...&fcTime=1436066100&zoom=8&lon=-1.24&lat=52.38

 

[Rikki]

Well, from out of nowhere the trees out back nearly bent double and our gazebo broke free of its guy ropes and went flying down the garden. Another tornado, or just a very brief storm?

I noticed the same thing. I was getting the washing in and it was nearly blowing off the line.

 

[John Marwood]

I take it the residents of the Holmcroft estate will be bolting down their pagoda collections for tonights/tomorrows show?

 

[tek-monkey]

Hope not, gained a few bits and pieces last time....