Rare tornado filmed at Northamptom, UK

[Eldorado]

"...thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused after a tornado tore through Northampton this afternoon.

"Residents were forced to run for cover after the twister left a trail of destruction at about 12.30pm.

"Emergency services were called to the Duston area of the town following reports of uprooted trees as well as damage to homes (top right), cars and a school.

"A wooden post was also impaled through a car windscreen by the tornado (bottom right). ."

Daily Mail at YouTube (57secs):

 

[acute]

2 hours ago, seanjo said:

Not rare at all, England has the most tornadoes/area...

I think the title of the thread should have been  "Rare filmed tornado at Northamptom, UK".

Ideally...  "Rare filmed tornado at Northampton", UK"  

[Eldorado]

Sorry, boys.  Too much reading of Fox News has made me just laugh at the English excuse for a "tornado".

"Suspected rare tornado in England whirls across town"

https://www.foxnews.com/world/tornado-england-northampton-funnel-cloud-property-damage

At 2.6 Miles wide, this is the largest Tornado ever recorded. Touchdown was near El Reno Oklahoma on 5-31-13.

 

Edited July 26, 2020 by Eldorado

[Essan]

A tornado is a tornado.   That England is not in the midst of a large continent and thus rarely experiences supercells*, let alone large tornadoes is besides the point.


* and this was not a supercelluar storm

[acute]

3 hours ago, Eldorado said:

At 2.6 Miles wide, this is the largest Tornado ever recorded.

 

I was in Kings Heath when a tornado struck in 2005, but it was probably more like 2.6 metres wide.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Birmingham_tornado

 

Edited July 26, 2020 by acute