Sydney, Australia Tornado 16th December 2015

[Michael Thompson]

Hi, A tornado estimated as a possible EF2 ripped through Kurnell, a southern suburb of Sydney on the 16th December 2015. The supercell storm was maritime based and developed about 60 miles further south and tracked along the coast with its western most edge just impacting coastal areas. Gold ball and larger hail fell from the storm as well.

The first clip below was taken from a large industrial building. It shows the dramatic chnage in wind direction well.

Clip below - Language warning

 

[Marc R. O'Leary]

Fahken hell...a turnadah!

I need to win the lotto so I can chase globally all year round.

 

[Bram]

Kurnell is located not far away from one of the Australian radars, and that one nicely shows the circulation in the supercell: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/65745050/animatie_2015-12-16_australie.gif
Data source: http://www.theweatherchaser.com/radar-loop/IDR713-sydney-terrey-hills/2015-12-15-20/2015-12-16-03

Here is the legend for the images: