Michael Thompson
EF3
.......or was it a waterspout as media is calling it. I certainly hate to open that can of worms.
Video clips here
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1063397/mini-tornado-injures-two-one-missing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7YdiV0_AaU
Wind was estimated at 150 KPH, way under of you ask me.
The situation was a surface low with associated mid - upper cold pool to NW. System had dumped over 7 inches of rain overnight was beginning to move south of the area, this would start to wrap in some drier winds, perhaps not right at the surface, but enough for a decent boundary. The Australian Weather Bureau is calling the thunderstorm a supercell and it was warned for large hail too.
The Lennox Head township is outside any public available doppler radar, but only just. These two frames are about 2 hours later, the SC was still going strong just offshore Byron Bay.
Video clips here
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/1063397/mini-tornado-injures-two-one-missing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7YdiV0_AaU
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Wind was estimated at 150 KPH, way under of you ask me.
The situation was a surface low with associated mid - upper cold pool to NW. System had dumped over 7 inches of rain overnight was beginning to move south of the area, this would start to wrap in some drier winds, perhaps not right at the surface, but enough for a decent boundary. The Australian Weather Bureau is calling the thunderstorm a supercell and it was warned for large hail too.
The Lennox Head township is outside any public available doppler radar, but only just. These two frames are about 2 hours later, the SC was still going strong just offshore Byron Bay.
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