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December 25th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Here s the video of the event:
Jimmy Deguara
December 25th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Hi,
It seems the report of a tornado picture is here
http://www.facebook.com/VICTS11.12
Someone suggested the tornado picture may have been from an ealier event?
Edit- the picture may have been removed – it was tjhere earlier. Apparently Brad Hannon has reported a couple of tornadoes?
Jimmy
December 26th, 2011 at 8:33 am
The tornado on that link has been reported as a fake or from another date, though I have not seen the photo. Yet to see any tornado photos from the event.
Some damn big hailstones though !
This was the tornado warning:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING – MELBOURNE AREA
for DESTRUCTIVE WIND, FLASH FLOODING, LARGE HAILSTONES and TORNADOES
For people in the Inner, Eastern, Northern, Western and parts of the South East,
Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula, Outer East and Port Phillip Local Warning
Areas.
Issued at 5:19 pm Sunday, 25 December 2011.
THIS INCLUDES A TORNADO WARNING.
The Bureau of Meteorology warns that, at 5:10 pm, very dangerous thunderstorms
were detected on weather radar near Bacchus Marsh, Greensborough, Hurstbridge,
Lilydale, Yarra Glen and the area south of Bacchus Marsh. These thunderstorms
are moving towards the east to southeast. Very dangerous thunderstorms are
forecast to affect Deer Park, Healesville, Melton, St Albans, Sydenham and the
area south of Melton by 5:40 pm and Craigieburn, Essendon, Footscray, Melbourne
Airport, Preston and Sunbury by 6:10 pm.
Other severe thunderstorms were located near the area north of Meredith and the
area west of the Brisbane Ranges. They are forecast to affect Anakie East,
Brisbane Ranges, Lara, the You Yangs, the area south of the Brisbane Ranges and
the area west of Werribee by 5:40 pm and eastern parts of the Bellarine
Peninsula, northern parts of the Bellarine Peninsula, Portarlington, waters off
Portarlington, waters off St Leonards and the area east of Lara by 6:10 pm.
Destructive winds, very heavy rainfall, flash flooding, large hailstones and
tornadoes are likely.
A tornado has been reported near Fiskville [15km west of Bacchus Marsh]
associated with the thunderstorm currently south of Bacchus Marsh.
Very large hail has been reported with thunderstorms this afternoon.
[img]http://www.extremestorms.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/IDV65621_20111225172135.gif[/img]
December 26th, 2011 at 8:54 am
Clip by Peter Goldsmith