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Extreme Weather!!!!!

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by bexy13, Jun 7, 2014.

  1. bexy13

    bexy13 Stay calm and eat cucumber!

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    Hey Guys,

    OMG! I am still shaking from the adrenaline rush...Missed the actual wedge tornado here in the UK but here is what happened afterwards :yay: :yahoo:




    We waited all day for this!

    Love
    bex
     
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      Did someone mention midges?? :biggrin:
       
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      Great videos Bexy thank you. You were really very close and I can sense the atmosphere too. It was so warm here outside at 7am yesterday = 20c which is strange. But by 9am, the cold front had arrived and the temperature dropped 8 C - didn't get the thunder and lightening here though.
      Thanks for putting the show up for me,
      Jenny
       
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      bexy13 Stay calm and eat cucumber!

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      Haha yes, We were getting eaten alive!!!

      By 8:30am here it was nearly 14C and it was really cold all day... By about 9:00pm it raced up to 25C and im guessing the warm and cold front clashed and the result was a wedge tornado. No damage done but it most of been on the ground for at least 1 - 2 minuets before roping out. Was very scary. The videos show the after-effects and we also took this before the action started :yay: :yahoo:



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      This is the wall cloud forming... During the event we did not have any rain. We later found out that the people on the other side of this storm had a very bad hailstorm before this monster got to them. Luckily there was no damage done and nobody got hurt by lightning or hail :yay:
      We reported the once in a lifetime event to torro who said this.....

      Love
      Bex
       
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        What a threatening looking sky! Very atmospheric Bex, thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:
         
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        bexy13 Stay calm and eat cucumber!

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        A day of sunshine with very little cloud. 20C but feeling cooler with the strong wind that has been blowing.
         
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