I live in the city, I ain't got no time for tornados.
[quote]A weather warning has been issued for Melbourne, including the threat of destructive winds, heavy rainfall and tornadoes.
The Bureau of Meteorology radar is tracking the storm moving in a south easterly direction towards the city.
Earlier in the day, Metro Trains issued an alert to passengers to avoid the Elizabeth Street entrance to the station which flooded in the deluge.
The wild weather has also caused flash flooding in regional Victoria, with the wettest November day on record for Murrayville in the Mallee, where 82 millimetres of rain fell in the space of an hour.
The severe thunderstorm warning is in place for Central, Northern Country, North Central, North East, the Mallee, South West, West, South Gippsland and Wimmera forecast districts, the BoM says.
People in fire affected areas were warned to be alert for potential landslides and debris across roads, with rainfall run-off likely to contain soil, ash, trees and rocks.
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[url]http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/2015/11/05/tornado-warning-for-melbourne.html[/url]
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Some tornados have touched down in the link below;
[url]http://www.9news.com.au/national/2015/11/05/13/59/racegoers-at-flemington-brace-for-storms-with-a-severe-thunderstorm-warning-issued-for-melbourne[/url]
[url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/warnings-have-been-issued-across-4-states-as-an-intense-weather-system-brings-severe-conditions/story-fnjwvztl-1227596981781[/url]
Since when did we get tornado's?
Well, that doesn't happen very often.
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Any idea where it is on the Fujita scale?
Actually, those look like EF1s, maybe EF2 tops.
oh fuck
As somebody living the Midwestern US, I am slightly amused. I guess tornadoes are just very uncommon there? Here they're a matter of course. It's not uncommon to have three or four tornado sightings at a time in my area during a good summer storm.
Actually, I had a pretty close encounter a couple months ago! I have a birth defect that sometimes hits me with debilitating chest pain and shortness of breath. While my girlfriend and I were driving home from a shopping trip, I got hit with one of the worst cases I've ever had, and had to pull over. Just as we lurched into an empty parking lot, the tornado sirens started blaring. I was sitting there slumped over in my seat just trying to catch a breath for a good five minutes while the air started developing this unnatural charge to it. The sky turned green, and we could actually see the funnel clouds starting to reach down. My girlfriend was in a straight panic, thinking we were just going to be stranded there as hell came down around us, but after a few minutes of trying to control my breathing I was able to settle down enough to get us home. She helped me into the basement and collected our animals, and we spent the next twenty minutes listening to the police scanner, waiting for the cops to start chattering about our area being clear. No major damage to any structures or people during that one, just some sheds and stuff toppled, but still an exciting night.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49051679]As somebody living the Midwestern US, I am slightly amused. I guess tornadoes are just very uncommon there? Here they're a matter of course. It's not uncommon to have three or four tornado sightings at a time in my area during a good summer storm.
Actually, I had a pretty close encounter a couple months ago! I have a birth defect that sometimes hits me with debilitating chest pain and shortness of breath. While my girlfriend and I were driving home from a shopping trip, I got hit with one of the worst cases I've ever had, and had to pull over. Just as we lurched into an empty parking lot, the tornado sirens started blaring. I was sitting there slumped over in my seat just trying to catch a breath for a good five minutes while the air started developing this unnatural charge to it. The sky turned green, and we could actually see the funnel clouds starting to reach down. My girlfriend was in a straight panic, thinking we were just going to be stranded there as hell came down around us, but after a few minutes of trying to control my breathing I was able to settle down enough to get us home. She helped me into the basement and collected our animals, and we spent the next twenty minutes listening to the police scanner, waiting for the cops to start chattering about our area being clear. No real damage to any structures or people during that one, but still an exciting night.[/QUOTE]
I'm glad you guys got home safe and I know its off topic, but could your girlfriend not have driven you guys home assuming your pain didn't subside?
[QUOTE=Socram;49051728]I'm glad you guys got home safe and I know its off topic, but could your girlfriend not have driven you guys home assuming your pain didn't subside?[/QUOTE]
Still haven't gotten around to teaching her how to drive stick. I swear I've been meaning to, though!
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49051679]As somebody living the Midwestern US, I am slightly amused. I guess tornadoes are just very uncommon there? Here they're a matter of course. It's not uncommon to have three or four tornado sightings at a time in my area during a good summer storm.
Actually, I had a pretty close encounter a couple months ago! I have a birth defect that sometimes hits me with debilitating chest pain and shortness of breath. While my girlfriend and I were driving home from a shopping trip, I got hit with one of the worst cases I've ever had, and had to pull over. Just as we lurched into an empty parking lot, the tornado sirens started blaring. I was sitting there slumped over in my seat just trying to catch a breath for a good five minutes while the air started developing this unnatural charge to it. The sky turned green, and we could actually see the funnel clouds starting to reach down. My girlfriend was in a straight panic, thinking we were just going to be stranded there as hell came down around us, but after a few minutes of trying to control my breathing I was able to settle down enough to get us home. She helped me into the basement and collected our animals, and we spent the next twenty minutes listening to the police scanner, waiting for the cops to start chattering about our area being clear. No major damage to any structures or people during that one, just some sheds and stuff toppled, but still an exciting night.[/QUOTE]
Last time I was in a bad enough tornado warning to warrant rounding up the pets, it was over by the time I got all the little shits into the closet. Was the dead of night though, so we only had the sound and pressure changes to know if shit was about to hit the fan.
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;49051679]As somebody living the Midwestern US, I am slightly amused. I guess tornadoes are just very uncommon there? Here they're a matter of course. It's not uncommon to have three or four tornado sightings at a time in my area during a good summer storm.[/QUOTE]
The vast majority of tornadoes occur in the US. They're pretty uncommon outside of North America.
[QUOTE=Just2Rusty;49051406]Since when did we get tornado's?[/QUOTE]
We get them sometimes in WA, although mostly in sparely populated areas hence why you don't hear about it much.
Weather's pretty fucking shit today. I don't think I've heard of us having a tornado warning ever.
[QUOTE=MuTAnT;49052111]Weather's pretty fucking shit today. I don't think I've heard of us having a tornado warning ever.[/QUOTE]
I think its great! Nice and rainy. Magic hour.
Sydney's weather has been fucked as well lately, a couple of days ago it was sunny as shit now it has been pouring ever since.
But not that fucked to be a tornado
So do they spin the other way in Australia?
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;49053275]So do they spin the other way in Australia?[/QUOTE]
Depends how many spiders are in them.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;49053275]So do they spin the other way in Australia?[/QUOTE]
Can't Tornadoes spin in any direction anyways?
[QUOTE=mralexs;49053627]Can't Tornadoes spin in any direction anyways?[/QUOTE]
Tornadoes rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern.
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[QUOTE=Electrocuter;49053275]So do they spin the other way in Australia?[/QUOTE]
Yep.
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They [I]can[/I] spin the opposite direction in their respective hemispheres, but not usually.
[QUOTE=OvB;49053639]Tornadoes rotate counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern.
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Yep.
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They [I]can[/I] spin the opposite direction in their respective hemispheres, but not usually.[/QUOTE]
Huh, didn't know that. Living in Alabama, its always fun to wake up at 1:00 AM with the sirens going off during a severe thunderstorm, only to learn the tornado touched down at the edge of the southern county and the sirens are on a county wide system
I've always lived far enough in the country that I never heard the sirens. Then again my immediate area has never been hit in my time. We're just a little outside of tornado alley.
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;49053275]So do they spin the other way in Australia?[/QUOTE]
That only works if you play this [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU"]song[/URL].
We don't really get tornadoes, but Cyclones are pretty common.
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