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Charmhills Online
#501 Posted : 25 April 2012 17:45:47(UTC)
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BBC weather - torrential downpours tomorrow for The Midlands East Wales and NW England. Heavy showers elsewhere but not so slow moving.

Showers on Friday. Heavy rain over the weekend though some uncertainty.


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#502 Posted : 25 April 2012 17:48:38(UTC)
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Just saw a distant flash of lightning in dark skies to my east - but once again, its all bypassing my location as it moves away from here.


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#503 Posted : 25 April 2012 18:27:19(UTC)
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2 thundery showers here today, with numerous other heavy showers.

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#504 Posted : 25 April 2012 18:35:15(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Hamptonian Go to Quoted Post

2 thundery showers here today, with numerous other heavy showers.


What are your totals George?  22.6mm here and 104.6mm for the month to date.

Pat.
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#505 Posted : 25 April 2012 20:12:59(UTC)
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some cracking rain today

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#506 Posted : 25 April 2012 20:29:51(UTC)
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Allo every one!  We had a real squalling weather here in Peacehaven with hail and strong winds! Has anybody else had worst weather? fROM  weater lovers
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#507 Posted : 25 April 2012 20:51:14(UTC)
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As mentioned on NW, probable tornado in Rugby this evening

http://www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/2012/04/25/news-Tornado-hits-homes-and-flattens-trees-37895.html#.T5hWQzFzjUE.twitter

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#508 Posted : 25 April 2012 22:40:36(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: POD Go to Quoted Post

Originally Posted by: Hamptonian Go to Quoted Post

2 thundery showers here today, with numerous other heavy showers.


What are your totals George?  22.6mm here and 104.6mm for the month to date.

There was also heavy showers in Langley but I think West Ewell got it hit hard today at 30.3mm of rain, 19mm in Iver and 17mm in Chessington. 
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#509 Posted : 26 April 2012 05:39:40(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Jiries Go to Quoted Post

Originally Posted by: POD Go to Quoted Post

Originally Posted by: Hamptonian Go to Quoted Post

2 thundery showers here today, with numerous other heavy showers.


What are your totals George?  22.6mm here and 104.6mm for the month to date.

There was also heavy showers in Langley but I think West Ewell got it hit hard today at 30.3mm of rain, 19mm in Iver and 17mm in Chessington. 



There were a number of white cells through the day on radar, the ones that give torrential rain and often thunder too, and they all missed here, max rr/hr 34.6mm.  Even so the daily total hit 26.0mm. 

Pat.
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#510 Posted : 26 April 2012 07:24:42(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Sevendust Go to Quoted Post

As mentioned on NW, probable tornado in Rugby this evening

http://www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/2012/04/25/news-Tornado-hits-homes-and-flattens-trees-37895.html#.T5hWQzFzjUE.twitter

Why do they keep calling them `Mini ` Tornadoes

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#511 Posted : 26 April 2012 09:34:57(UTC)
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Showers starting to get going now on the radar.

Should be an interesting afternoon.


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#512 Posted : 26 April 2012 09:45:13(UTC)
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Yeah, weather warning for rain out for a lot of places today!
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#513 Posted : 26 April 2012 11:03:08(UTC)
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heavy showers passing through here with strong gusts.
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#514 Posted : 26 April 2012 12:05:52(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Sevendust Go to Quoted Post

As mentioned on NW, probable tornado in Rugby this evening

http://www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/2012/04/25/news-Tornado-hits-homes-and-flattens-trees-37895.html#.T5hWQzFzjUE.twitter

The free Metro newspaper on the train the other day came up with a new imaginative description to go with "mini" tornado, "freak" tornado, etc...

They described it as a "Mid-air tornado"........

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#515 Posted : 26 April 2012 12:26:07(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Steve Go to Quoted Post

Originally Posted by: Sevendust Go to Quoted Post

As mentioned on NW, probable tornado in Rugby this evening

http://www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/2012/04/25/news-Tornado-hits-homes-and-flattens-trees-37895.html#.T5hWQzFzjUE.twitter

The free Metro newspaper on the train the other day came up with a new imaginative description to go with "mini" tornado, "freak" tornado, etc...

They described it as a "Mid-air tornado"........

It just gets worse doesn't it. Ultimately, despite attempts at education, your average journo lives in a different world

Dave

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#516 Posted : 26 April 2012 12:36:24(UTC)
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I personally don't see the problem with 'mini tornado' myself.. 
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#517 Posted : 26 April 2012 12:42:20(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: LeedsLad123 Go to Quoted Post

I personally don't see the problem with 'mini tornado' myself.. 

You would if one blew your house away !

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#518 Posted : 26 April 2012 12:47:05(UTC)
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shower moveing in from the southwest,nice mama overhead and heavy raincurtain .
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#519 Posted : 26 April 2012 12:56:59(UTC)
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Nice display of 'cloud streets' in the current shower pattern

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observations/?tab=map&map=Rainfall

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#520 Posted : 26 April 2012 13:31:19(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Steve Go to Quoted Post

Originally Posted by: LeedsLad123 Go to Quoted Post

I personally don't see the problem with 'mini tornado' myself.. 

You would if one blew your house away !

Umm, the old mini-tornado debacle.
I suppose those thinking 'mini' tornado is sensible call anyone under 5ft a 'mini' person, a small tree a 'mini' tree, or a small egg a 'mini' egg (ok, bad example).

Tornados, both in the UK and elsewhere, are classified by a scale related to intensity measured against the distribution and type of damage they cause. A weak tornado causes less dmage than say a moderate strength one, etc. The term 'mini' does not exist in any official classification so I do not recognise the term.
This particular event looks like a T2 ish on the Torro scale (EF0-1 on the enhanced Fujita), i findeed a tornado is responsible as it's difficult to say just from photographs, and once again a trampoline is involved. It's amazing how many times trampolines are sent flying and I sometimes think it's the same one every time LOL.

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