Tornado in Leicestershire yesterday.

[petunia]

This has just been on our East Midlands weather forecast about a tornado near Market Harborough yesterday.
(There was a warning on the BBC forecast that the language is rather strong, so possibly don't have the sound on and young ears present at the same time!)

[LimaCharlie]

OMG not far away from us - weather was foul yesterday tho

[usualsuspect]

wow!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

bad case of real life intefering this week.
Unless there was damage on the ground this was a funnel cloud and not a tornado. Still very interesting.

[petunia]

Noticed you weren't on much last week, OYBBK.
They called it a tornado on the East Midlands news ~ I guess a 'cloud funnel' is so not exciting!
A few more pictures from the Harborough Mail here.

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

there is a fairly big problem with news reporters calling things tornadoes when they aren't. TORRO uses a rigorous system for determining whether things are funnel clouds/tornadoes/straight line wind damage. After each suspected report site investigators go out and assess the area looking for damage and what sort it is/what direction it lies on. They also interview eye witnesses and look at radar returns and local weather conditions. The discussions are fascinating, sometimes results are inconclusive and that sparks a good debate!

on those pictures you can't tell whether they hit the ground. Good pictures though