{"id":188419,"date":"2023-11-01T19:09:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T19:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=188419"},"modified":"2023-11-01T19:09:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T19:09:25","slug":"storm-ciaran-sparks-tornado-watch-as-110mph-winds-blast-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/storm-ciaran-sparks-tornado-watch-as-110mph-winds-blast-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm Ciar\u00e1n sparks TORNADO watch as 110mph winds blast Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A tornado warning has been issued for southern parts of England as Storm Ciar\u00e1n makes landfall on the south coast.<\/p>\n

The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) has warned that one or two tornadoes could hit the UK during Storm Ciar\u00e1n.<\/p>\n

They said that they could take place between 6pm on Wednesday evening and 8am on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

TORRO said: “The highest risk of one or two tornadoes would likely be along and south of a line from South Wales to London, but the risk cannot be ruled out a bit further north too, hence the Watch Box extending into the Midlands and East Anglia.”<\/p>\n

They said: “This outlook is concerned with the risk of one or two tornadoes from convection associated with the storm, especially on the cold front of the system.<\/p>\n

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“Modest instability will overlap with very strong low-level shear across the area, starting over the SW of England this evening, and then progressing eastwards towards East Anglia early tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

“Instability will tend to decrease inland, and the northern extent of the risk is somewhat uncertain.”<\/p>\n

TORRO also warned that tornadoes could bring with them some unique problems.<\/p>\n

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They warned: “Very strong gusts may accompany some of the showery activity – and occasional lightning is possible, most likely near the south coast.<\/p>\n

“Also, the strongest cells may produce some small hail.”<\/p>\n

Ahead of Storm Ciar\u00e1n – which follows hot on the heels of the deadly Storm Babet and just ahead of the potentially troubling Storm Debi – the Met Office warned about a weather bomb that might hit the UK.<\/p>\n

Meteorologists said Storm Ciaran was a “bomb cyclone” and that the storm would “reach peak intensity upon arrival on European shores with severe weather warnings issued”.<\/p>\n