Romsey hit by mini tornado (From Daily Echo)
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Romsey hit by mini tornado
1:11pm Tuesday 3rd November 2009 in
A MINI tornado is believed to have struck Hampshire this morning bringing chaos to a main road.
Trees were brought down trees either side of the A3057 between Romsey and Timsbury at around midday.
Karen Slowen, landlady of the Dukes Head pub at Greatbridge, was just about to leave for Romsey when she found the road blocked.
"The wind ripped through here like a hurricane," said Karen, who said that a passing car's windscreen had been smashed by a falling branch.
Karen added that trees had also been blown down along the B3084 toward Awbridge.
There were also reports of trees coming down in nearby Belbins and Timsbury.
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens at Ampfield is closed for public safety reasons after several trees were blown down. Bosses will assess the situation later today.
The fierce winds coincided with torrential rain and lightning.
Hundreds of homes across the county have also been left without power as a result of the weather.
Did you see anything? Has your home been damaged? Contact the newsdesk by email or call on (023) 8042 4520.
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Cenred
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1:44pm Tue 3 Nov 09
Cenred
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2:12pm Tue 3 Nov 09
LIMP LARRY
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2:14pm Tue 3 Nov 09
southy
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2:14pm Tue 3 Nov 09
they dont normally last that long here. english history is littered with reports of tornados.
sooey
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4:04pm Tue 3 Nov 09
southy
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4:22pm Tue 3 Nov 09
sooey wrote:they have another name those little whirl winds ie:- dust devils, steam devils, snow devils, debris devils and shear eddies such as the eddy whirlwinds. those aka lesser whirl winds, the vortex starts on the ground and work up wards, where has your greater whirl winds like tornados, water spouts and land spouts, start at the top and work down wards to the ground.
I only ever saw one tornado and it was about 12 inches high and was spinning itself across the sand in Newquay a few years ago. It was cute, not scary, because of its size!
Cenred
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4:27pm Tue 3 Nov 09
sooey wrote:That'll be a small "dust devil". A very impressive spectacle to witness, but as you say, not usually dangerous. They usually form in fine weather, rather than tornados which form from storm clouds.
I only ever saw one tornado and it was about 12 inches high and was spinning itself across the sand in Newquay a few years ago. It was cute, not scary, because of its size!
Cenred
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4:28pm Tue 3 Nov 09
seanf_od
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10:53pm Wed 4 Nov 09
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Finlay says...
1:42pm Tue 3 Nov 09
They get snownadoes here too and they are truly terrifying; they spin snow into ice and hurl them at 200mph like shards of glass.
Getting away from them is worsened by the snow itself and you cant bury yourself in the snow cos they vacuum it up into its tempest. You just have to hope you are close to a tornado shelter when they come a calling.