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New Zealand Tornadoes
Posted: Sat 02/03/2019 22:12
by tornado
we had no tornadoes yet in new for 2019. no spouts. but last year we did had lots of tornadoes reported. hamilton had one.
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sat 02/03/2019 22:26
by tornado
i remember the tornadoes from 2012 &2011
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sat 02/03/2019 22:27
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
Been a different weather scenario this summer.
Conditions not looking likely.
There have been a few reported willy-willys or dust-devils.
The last one reported was the Fairton Tornado near Ashburton last November.
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sat 02/03/2019 22:27
by tornado
yeah. that was big
tornado canterbury
Posted: Sat 02/03/2019 22:29
by tornado
that tornado was bigger than the auckland tornado 8 years ago
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sat 02/03/2019 22:36
by tornado
i think as we go into autumn we might get one
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 00:58
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
tornado wrote: ↑Sat 02/03/2019 22:36
i think as we go into autumn we might get one
dunno?
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 07:37
by tornado
last year we did get quite a few. canterbury tornado looked like a us tornado
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 08:03
by tgsnoopy
tornado wrote: ↑Sun 03/03/2019 07:37
last year we did get quite a few. canterbury tornado looked like a us tornado
Except perhaps the direction of rotation
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 08:34
by tornado
yeah true. but f it had hit a town it would be very deadly
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 08:35
by tornado
waterspouts were seen in north auckland day after this canterbury tornado
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 09:07
by tornado
we had some days where 2 tornadoes hit on the same day. in the april storm last year 2 tornadoes hit. one in taranaki and one in tongario area. august last year bay of plenty and taranaki (new plymouth ) was hit by tornadoes on the same day. other tornadoes reported was hamilton,canterbury any other tornadoes reported other than the ones listed?
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 09:12
by NZstorm
Last year was good year for tornadoes being recorded in NZ.
I particularly like this youtube clip, captures the energy of a twister.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE0DjYjTKhc
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 10:35
by tornado
oh yes that ohope tornado did damage i heard. that same day new plymouth had a tornado
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 12:08
by tornado
a mini tornado hit matamata making a school boy lift into the air. he was ok tho. june or july 2018
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 12:12
by tornado
october 28 2018 hamlton tornado was quite tall
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 18:31
by tornado
i think 2018 was a year for tornadoes in new zealand. my cuzin lives in national park and got really scared when that twister hit
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 22:22
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
tornado wrote: ↑Sun 03/03/2019 12:08
a mini tornado hit matamata making a school boy lift into the air. he was ok tho. june or july 2018
It wasn't a "mini" tornado, there's no such thing.
A tornado is a tornado whether it be large or small.
"Mini" is a term that the media uses as opposed to the tornados they get in the USA.
I remember seeing that article on
Stuff Interesting.
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 22:27
by tornado
there was a video of a funnel in that area. thats what sucked up the boy?
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 22:32
by tornado
NZ Thunderstorm Soc wrote: ↑Sun 03/03/2019 22:22
tornado wrote: ↑Sun 03/03/2019 12:08
a mini tornado hit matamata making a school boy lift into the air. he was ok tho. june or july 2018
It wasn't a "mini" tornado, there's no such thing.
A tornado is a tornado whether it be large or small.
"Mini" is a term that the media uses as opposed to the tornados they get in the USA.
I remember seeing that article on
Stuff Interesting.
yeah. the articles said mini
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Sun 03/03/2019 22:33
by tornado
the largest one last year was the canterbury tornado. it was huge
Re: new zealand tornado
Posted: Mon 04/03/2019 13:06
by NZ Thunderstorm Soc
tornado wrote: ↑Sun 03/03/2019 22:33
the largest one last year was the canterbury tornado. it was huge
Yes, the one at Fairton, just north of Ashburton.
It was beside the State Highway One, so many people saw it.
Re: New Zealand Tornadoes
Posted: Mon 04/03/2019 16:00
by Thunder081
Wellington had a waterspout and funnel clouds in 2012 there's pictures of in this thread
https://www.weatherforum.nz/phpBB3/view ... on#p121812
Re: New Zealand Tornadoes
Posted: Mon 04/03/2019 17:49
by tornado
same with aucland waterspouts in 2012 and the hobsonville tornado 2011 albany tornado and funnel clouds
Re: New Zealand Tornadoes
Posted: Mon 04/03/2019 18:36
by Thunder081
I remember there being a waterspout in Auckland and there was a boat that drove right through the middle of it and someone on the boat took a video of it but I can't seem to find it