Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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occured NNW of Rotorua (Humurana) same day as Hobsonville storm.


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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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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/
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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Thanks. I wish I could see "the tornado".
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Cook wrote:Thanks. I wish I could see "the tornado".
Sounds like a path well travelled.... but rain wrapped tornadoes are rarely caught on video.
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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Brief but intense!
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Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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Note the 180 degree change in wind direction. Awesome and intense.
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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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.
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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Thanks NZstorm, interesting clip.
Cook wrote:Thanks. I wish I could see "the tornado".
A Metservice analyst might be able to help. ;-)
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Re: Rotorua tornado clip Dec 6 2012

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clearly tornadic signs, very nice.