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

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/

Thanks. I wish I could see "the tornado".

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.

Brief but intense!

Note the 180 degree change in wind direction. Awesome and intense.

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.

Thanks NZstorm, interesting clip.

Cook wrote:Thanks. I wish I could see "the tornado".

A Metservice analyst might be able to help.

clearly tornadic signs, very nice.