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Tag: Tornado

UK Heatwave to rival 2003 With temperatures reaching 33c and Supercell storms becoming widespread!

May 23, 2018 by ExtremeWeather

2018 is already shaping up to be a memorable one for any weather fans out there. We had the Beast from the East part 1 & 2, We had a sizzling Easter, We had the hottest ever London Marathon and we have had a cracking May. Now we may go one further and have a …

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The UK’s very own Tornado Alley has been identified by the University of Manchester

July 23, 2017 by ExtremeWeather

The area between London and Reading, in Berkshire, has the highest likelihood of a tornado in the UK, according to researchers mapping their location. The University of Manchester tracked “tornado hotspots” in the UK between 1980 and 2012. It found that there had been an average of 34 tornadoes in the UK each year – …

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Damaging Tornadoes hit Wales and the Midlands!

November 17, 2016 by ExtremeWeather

A number of tornadoes have struck parts of Wales and the Midlands, BBC Weather says. Brought in by a squally cold front, they are expected to clear to the east through the course of Thursday afternoon. Any further tornados are likely to be confined to northern parts of the Midlands over the next couple of …

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Storm Chasers Get Up Close and Personal with Massive Colorado Tornado

August 5, 2016 by ExtremeWeather

A particularly impressive tornado touched near Wray, Colorado recently and in true form the storm chasers were on it, capturing some jaw-dropping video as they approached sometimes just hundreds of feet from the funnel. Several tornadoes were reported in the same area. According to NBC News five people were injured and buildings were damaged by one twister, which …

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The most powerful Tornado ever recorded!

August 5, 2016 by ExtremeWeather

The 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado (locally referred to as the May 3rd tornado) was an extremely powerful F5 tornado in which the highest wind speeds ever measured globally, 301 miles per hour (484 km/h), were recorded by a Doppler on Wheels (DOW) radar. The tornado devastated southern portions of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, along with surrounding suburbs …

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The 2013 El Reno Tornado

August 5, 2016 by ExtremeWeather

The 2013 El Reno tornado was a very large and intense EF3 tornado that occurred over rural areas of Central Oklahoma during the early evening of May 31, 2013. The widest tornado in recorded history, it was part of a larger weather system that produced dozens of tornadoes over the preceding days. The tornado initially touched down …

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The Vilonia, Arkansas Tornado of 2014

August 5, 2016 by ExtremeWeather

April 27–30, 2014 tornado outbreak – Officially rated high-end EF4, though the rating was a major source of controversy, and meteorlogist/civil engineer Timothy P. Marshall noted that the rating assigned was “lower-bound”, and also noted “the possibility that EF5 winds could have occurred” despite the structural flaws responsible for the EF4 rating. Numerous homes were …

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