occured NNW of Rotorua (Humurana) same day as Hobsonville storm.
Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012
story here about a man picked up by the tornado.
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/ ... r/1651473/
another story about some diary cows killed by a lightning strike Dec 6.
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/ ... e/1655411/
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/ ... r/1651473/
another story about some diary cows killed by a lightning strike Dec 6.
http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/news/ ... e/1655411/
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012
Sounds like a path well travelled.... but rain wrapped tornadoes are rarely caught on video.Cook wrote:Thanks. I wish I could see "the tornado".
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012
There was F1 damage nearby.
Generally a storm needs to be inside 50km of the radar to detect the small scale mesocyclones we get in NZ. This storm was about 20km from the BOP radar.
Generally a storm needs to be inside 50km of the radar to detect the small scale mesocyclones we get in NZ. This storm was about 20km from the BOP radar.
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012
Thanks NZstorm, interesting clip.
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A Metservice analyst might be able to help.Cook wrote:Thanks. I wish I could see "the tornado".
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