New Zealand Waterspout/Tornado

[Melissa Moon]

Hey guys!

Just got back from New Zealand here. You'll never believe what I saw...tornado/waterspout damage! About 3 weeks ago, a waterspout formed off the coast of Greymouth, NZ and moved inland doing some damage to buildings in the town. Here's a video:

http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-4184743-300,00.html (not sure if the video works because I am firewalled from playing it).

Here are my pictures (which aren't very good so I apologize):







By the time I got there (2 weeks after it happened), cleanup was well underway, so didn't get fresh pictures or anything like that, bt it was still interesting to see.

 

[Dennis Gulley]

Just goes to show you the advantage of carrying a camera or camcorder every where you go. You never know when and where things might pop up.

Dennis

 

[Mike Mezeul II]

nice pics melissa! seems like those new zealanders are getting more action than we are here in tx! lol, hopefully that will change soon!

 

[Steven Williams]

South Island West Coast gets more than its fair share of tornadoes which are in the f0-f2 range.

The same part of the township of Greymouth has been hit 3 times in the last four years.

Some photos



[Broken External Image]:http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/Greymouth18.jpg

Video still of Tornado 1pm 10/03/05



[Broken External Image]:http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/Greymouth3.jpg



[Broken External Image]:http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/Greymouth7.jpg

[Broken External Image]:http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/Greymouth10.jpg



[Broken External Image]:http://www.thunderstorm.co.nz/Greymouth2.jpg

 

[Melissa Moon]

Steven,

I think that is the same house (the yellowish one) from your picture to mine. Yeah, our guide told us that waterspouts were pretty common along the west coast.