video of waterspout in UK interacting with land

[Bill Hark]

Close up of vortex hitting land and cliffs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7anpsUH4FxA&mode=related&search=

?wide view of the same event

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42fYBEdVxwE&mode=related&search=


This waterspout (?tornadic waterspout) was in the Brighton area of the UK last October 2006. Do any of our UK members know if this same tornado caused damage inland.

Bill Hark
Eastern Fury: Eastern USA Tornado Video
http://www.harkphoto.com/EasternFury.html
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[Andrew Pritchard]

Can't say I wouldn't be tempted to swim on out and let it hit me. Wonder what that would look like should you be scuba diving under one of those...

 

[Jeff Miller]

Interesting

I wonder if anyone has any radar grabs of this event. I am not sure if it is my imagination or not but the vortex appeared to continue well inland, so I am wondering if indeed this was more of a tornadic event...however it indeed seems to be more water/landspoutish just by appearance alone. Hard one to call... but very interesting watching the circulation crash into the cliff!

 

[Helen Rossington]

From what I remember it didn't cause any damage inland it dispersed as it hit the cliffs. It was widely reported in the media due to the fact someone videoed it and also took photos.

This is a link to the thread on the UK weatherworld forum with some more information
http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5261&start=1

 

[Paul Knightley]

There's a simple answer to this (the tornado was seen off of Brighton, East Sussex):

It was a tornado over water which moved over land - terms like 'tornadic waterspout' just show why giving a phenomenon a different name, just because of where it formed is not appropriate IMO!