And Kelsey has a special reason for dedicating her life to studying tornadoes. My home town of Boulder in Colorado was hit by one. It was my last day of school when the town was hit. It was only a small one that destroyed a few sheds but I was so scared at the time.
But then later I realised just how amazing the weather is and I decided I wanted to study it. Skip to navigation Skip to main content Skip to footer.
Home Discover News. New map of UK tornadoes produced. Some modules are disabled because cookies are declined. They saw signs of super-cell development before a huge tornado started to form. The atmosphere was primed, the temperature was getting up to 31 degrees, the humidity was high and the risk of tornadoes was high. That tornado was around 2. Normally tornadoes travel in a northeast direction but this tornado was slightly different in that initially it travelled southeast.
Its abnormal path and rapid growth caught forecasters and storm chasers out — including Paul and his team. They found themselves in the track of the tornado, which at that point was travelling towards them at about 50mph.
Their attempt to outrun the tornado was hampered by strong winds being sucked into the storm — the inflow winds. The record breaking El Reno tornado eventually took eight lives, including four storm chasers — the first time in storm chasing history.
Though tornadoes are uncommon in the UK, and nowhere near the destructive scale of their American counterparts, experiencing one can still be scary. Damage can be caused by British tornadoes, so you might want to bear the following in mind if you ever do find yourself in the path of one:. Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters. Log In Register now My account. Are tornadoes increasing in the UK? By Alex Nelson.
August 15, am Updated October 8, am. But how common are tornadoes in the UK, and should we really be worried if a warning is issued?
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