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Tornado in New Zealand

#1 Postby P.K. » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:55 pm

http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11964-4184743-300,00.html

Looks like a T5 or T6 from that report.
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#2 Postby P.K. » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:05 am

More video footage here (The second link)

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_national_story_skin/478765%3fformat=html
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#3 Postby KWT » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:17 am

Hi P.K,looks like a strong tornado to me,certainly quite rare out in New Zeland no doubts about,I'd also say around T-6 looks quite probable and a impressive looking tornado,it wouldn't be out of place in tornado alley yet alone New-zeland :eek:
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#4 Postby P.K. » Sun Mar 13, 2005 12:56 pm

Apparently Greymouth is the Selsey of New Zealand. They had a fairly strong tornado there a few years ago as well.
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#5 Postby ChiTownMC » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:49 pm

This looks like it is probably a F2 in relation to the F scale here in America. Amazing video. :)
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