Tornado for Pembrokeshire?
Post categories: Pembrokeshire,Ìýweather
| 15:30 UK time, Friday, 28 May 2010
A few people have been in touch to say that a tornado struck Neyland in Pembrokeshire last night, Thursday 27 May.
At around 9.40pm a loud roar was heard and a rush of wind in the Wood Lane/Honeyborough Grove areas of the town.
Mrs Dawn Delahaye says "the sky went very dark. There was heavy rain, the wind suddenly picked-up followed by a severe gust which lasted for a few seconds.
"The wind hit the house, stripping tiles off the roof and caused more damage to my neighbours roof across the road. It was very frightening."
It is difficult to say whether the gust of wind was due to a tornado or not without further evidence, but I wouldn't rule it out completely. A trough moved through Pembrokeshire yesterday evening bringing heavy showers.
The air was unstable with cumulonimbus clouds, which tower upwards, and these can sometimes bring heavy rain, hail, thunder and sudden gusts of wind. If conditions are right in the atmosphere, these clouds can produce a funnel cloud. If the funnel cloud touches the land it is called a tornado. If it touches the sea, it is called a waterspout.
Comment number 1.
At 23rd Mar 2011, superman wrote:Hey Derek
I was reading about the comment you made in your article "A few people have been in touch to say that a tornado struck NeylandinPembrokeshire last night, Thursday 27 May." its a horrific thought also what has just happened in japan. makes me think is 2012 on its way??
well know really knows. Great article.
Darren J Miller
Operations Officer
united Kingdom, North
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At 10th May 2011, Child of Herne wrote:Tornadoes are actually fairly common in Britain and probably always have been. They are obviously most likely to be reported when they hit an inhabited area but nowadays with Digital Camerar and Cameraphones are wore likely to be recorded. Most are fairly small but there is the occasional severe one. A few years ago both West London and Birmingham had severe tornadoes that tore off roofs and brought down walls, fortunately without causing any fatalities. I have never seen one but in December 1978 at Aberystwyth experienced a very violent Thunderstorm with blue lightning, heavy Hail and violent gusts of wind causing damage and flooding. A village down the coast towards Aberaeron was hit by a tornado the same night from the same storm cell
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