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Severe Weather Discussion => Australian Severe Storms, Weather Events and Storm Chasing => Topic started by: teckert on 18 July 2010, 02:40:35 PM

Title: SA cold-air tornado 14th July 2010
Post by: teckert on 18 July 2010, 02:40:35 PM

Only just heard about this event, from a Ch 10 employee here in Adelaide, who received mobile phone footage of the tornado from a Two Wells resident. Path was mainly through farmland although one house had its roof removed and trees decimated. Two Wells is a market garden township just outside the main Adelaide metro area near the Buckland Park radar site.
Here is the footage:
14072010016.mp4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWA7VpiQ85E#)

Will post up any further details when I get them.
I'd particularly like to know the time to check radar.

Title: Re: SA cold-air tornado 14th July 2010
Post by: teckert on 18 July 2010, 05:25:40 PM

Some more info:

the house that was damaged was located on the corner of Mallala & Germantown roads (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=corner+of+Mallala+road+and+Germantown+road+at+Redbanks&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Mallala+Rd+%26+Germantown+Rd,+Red+Banks+South+Australia+5502&gl=au&ei=tKpBTL6pD4jSuwObs6iNDQ&ved=0CBYQ8gEwAA&ll=-34.498352,138.594933&spn=0.221548,0.308647&z=12)

It was at approx 9.50am

You can see the suspect storm cell going through the location at 00.20 GMT
See : 64km Radar Loop for Adelaide (Buckland Park), 23:00 13/07/2010 to 01:00 14/07/2010 UTC
(http://www.theweatherchaser.com/radar-thumb/IDR644/2010-07-13-23/2010-07-14-01/300.s.png) (http://www.theweatherchaser.com/radar-loop/IDR644-adelaide-buckland-park/2010-07-13-23/2010-07-14-01)

Title: Re: SA cold-air tornado 14th July 2010
Post by: Michael Bath on 19 July 2010, 03:34:28 AM

Thanks Tim. It's worth looking at the doppler images too as a circulation can be seen at the same time.

Have also attached the Adelaide sounding which is very representative of conditions at the time.

regards, Michael