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A few reports about this 'twister' in Kidlington too. WDW Kate †@Wetdarkandwild@IwasntInvited @Conojito North of Oxford in Kidlington.A couple of streets had damage with trees down etc. Minor but scary & very unusual Andrew Foulsham †@andyfoulshamCan't believe we drove through a near twister on A34 nr Kidlingtonaround 4.50pm. Comments, @weatheroxford ? TORRO TORNADO WATCH 2012/002 A TORRO TORNADO WATCH has been issued at 1445GMT on Monday 7th May 2012 Valid from/until: 14:45- 21:00GMT on Monday 7th May 2012 for the following regions Parts of (see map) SW England SE Wales Midlands E England THREATS Tornadoes; wind gusts to 60mph; hail 10-15mm diamter; CG lightning; torrential rain DISCUSSION Cold front moving in from the west is being held up by a developing frontal wave as an upper trough moves in. Sunshine ahead of this has allowed scattered thunderstorms to develop in a region of favourable vertical wind shear for organised thunderstorms, with low-level veering profiles suggestive of low-level rotation and possible tornadoes. Further convection is approaching SW England and may contain strong wind gusts although a more veered surface flow here suggests a somewhat lower tornado threat. Convection may continue overnight as the cold front drifts eastwards with strong shear suggesting a mainly straight-line wind threat. A further forecast may be required later. Forecaster: RPK.

A funnel cloud just popped up outside my house. A heavy burst of hail knocked my window and wind picked up in a flash. It only lasted about 15 seconds before moving away. It's the first time i've witnessed something like that and glad it was on a smaller scale.

Heavy snow here - 50p flakes falling.

Interesting to see that latest NAE showing snow for much of southern england. NAE T+48

Snow Depth - 5.7cm Snizzling at the moment but intensifying to our NE so could be interesting in the next hour.

Precip gone light for now......Snow Depth - 5.5cm

Around 3.5cm lying here! Still snowing quite lightly!

2cm deposit here and steadily falling. Already queues forming on the roads. How is the radar looking for the coming hours? Will this carry on into early hours?

That is moving very fast similar to the last weekend. When will it start stalling?

I'm yet to see a BBC forecast from the last hour......Are they regretting it?

Meto updated warnings for ice

BANK. I was worrying about finishing my physics coursework tomorrow but that chart could give me a whole 10 days more with half term just around the corner!

Exactly what I was thinking but is the current position correctly forecasted though? :o

Probably from persistent snowfall

Heavy snow started again

8cm no precip

8cm here now....precip much lighter though Temperature 0.7 C Dewpoint -0.2 C

Huge flakes falling out of the sky, larger than 50P infact

50P flakes falling again for the 2nd time

Blizzard continues here :help:

Very heavy precipitation here, 50P flakes with high intensity piling up very quickly. But the front is about to leave.

Snow piling up very heavy spell of snow here - lasting 1 hour to as i type this.

Getting pasted for now! Very strong winds + snow = Blizzard like

Getting very heavy at the moment, winds making the snow blow around. Watching the lamppost snow is falling flat at 180 degrees. Temperature 0.6 C Dewpoint -0.4 C