BBC News 24 reports mini-Tornado in Birmingham

[Greeby]

12 people injured, one seriously :wow:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

1. Did the police shoot it?

:hide:

[Greeby]

3. Oi

not funny :spank:

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

8. Weather has been odd in East Anglia this morning.

I'm in Cambridge, and it's certainly felt somewhat odd. Rain in the middle of the day, then much warmer and muggier into the afternoon. About as close to Tornado weather as I've seen England. (Granted I've only been here six months.)

[donco6]

2. What's a mini-tornado?

Never heard of such a thing.

But then, I grew up in Kansas.

[ewagner]

5. Maybe F-1 or F-0? n/t

[htuttle]

4. A tornado? In Birmingham, UK?

I didn't know they had tornados in the UK.

Did they?

[phantom power]

6. I think they didn't used to. There was another one earlier this year.

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. More tornadoes per unit of land area than anywhere in the world, oddly.

On average about 30 or so a year, according to this: http://www.severewx.co.uk/tnfaq.htm

[kestrel91316]

9. Heck, we get tornados in Los Angeles!