Tornado In Rugby

[catgirl]

I just received a message from a friend who says HER friend house and garden has suffer slight damage when a mini tornado touched down.

[Paul Sherman]

Interesting, No such thing as a Mini Tornado so will google that

Do you know what time this was so we can look back at the radar etc

[Paul]

Had some more info thanks to @amyellenhunter

happened about 6.30pm

my brother lives on a road affected it's pulled trees up by there roots and blown down & fence panels

[Paul]

Wow..

http://www.therugbyobserver.co.uk/2012/04/25/news-Tornado-hits-homes-and-flattens-trees-37895.html#.T5hWQzFzjUE.twitter

[hurculeees]

pic attached of small damage

[catgirl]

Interesting, No such thing as a Mini Tornado so will google that

Yes, sorry, that was her quote

Do you know what time this was so we can look back at the radar etc

18:16 was the time of the message

[Supercell]

Arghhhh...so close. Nobody told me this was going to happen. Barely minutes away and I would have drove in to the bloody thing too. Gutted

[Buckster76]

must have been very very localised - spoke to my parents that literally live 1/4 of a mile away - and they didn't notice anything around that time

not even a thunderstorm

[Nick F]

Was an interesting radar signature over Rugby just before 6pm, nothing after that though:

[prodigy]

I live in Rugby, actually about 200 metres from one of the locations it touched down.

I was in my home and knew nothing about it ! I was walking down the shop at 18.30 and saw the damage, spoke to somebody affected they said it happened around 45 mins earlier. I would estimate 17.30 - 17.45.

I am new here having found this great site looking for info on this weather event.

It is an ambition of mine to witness a tornado - keep missing them though. Saw one forming over my house few years back - circulation, I heard it touched down on a golf course near Draycote Water out of town. There was another one in 2007 too, do I live in tornado alley?

Cant believe I missed this one, just down the road !

Feel sorry for the folks with damage though - they said it came from nowhere, was very sudden.

There are some pics of some of the damage on the midlandstoday Facebook page.

[Coast]

I am new here having found this great site looking for info on this weather event.

Welcome Prodigy, you've found the right place to share and research!

[chionomaniac]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-17851013

[Carl46Wrexham]

The term "mini-tornado" seriously does my head in. I always get this mental image of Coyote from the Road Runner cartoons, with one of his Acme make own tornado kits, the result being a tornado being the same size as he is.

That, or a tornado six inches high that emits mouse-like squeaks as it moves along!

Grrrr.

[Coast]

All courtesy of The Rugby and Lutterworth Observer, please don't read the first line of their article if you are offended but the term 'Mini' tornado!!!

http://www.therugbyo...rees-37895.html