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if it is a tornado it might be coming from a small comma echoe'd thunderstorm. Sometimes a storm bows forward and the top end forms the shape of a comma head and starts to rotate. That's what causes a lot of twisters in the eastern US.
Tough to tell in this vid, but in all my years as a midwestern tornado chaser, I'd say YES...this is the real deal. Wish I had more room to write, but here's why..in no particular order. *isolated storm or tail-end of squall line. *obscured towering cu...lower clouds denying verification. * downdraft has carved "clear slot" around the meso. * obvious "inflow bands" feeding into updraft area. * rapidly changing lowerings from cloud base to ground, which imo, sure look tornadic. joel in tucson
Clouds don't turn into rock when they arn't a Tornado. Clouds can move and sometimes twist sometimes, depending on wind direction. Just because it "twists" doesn't mean it's a tornado
This is not a Tornado. Does anyone see a towering cumulonimbus? Look at 0:20. There is a small cloud at the top. Nothing much. No Tornado, so don't get excited
There have been two famous tornadoes in Birmingham, UK in recent years. This, however, is most assuredly not one of them. It's either a normal cloud that looks dark because the video appears to have been taken in twilight, or as some others have suggested a plume of smoke from a fire somewhere. Believe me, I study meteorology and there is no way that is a tornado. There are several genuine videos of the Birmingham tornadoes, I suggest you check them out to see what it was really like.
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Alright you mudafuckers,
The clouds and what supposedly is the tornado is too fuckin vague, too 2-dimensional, too transparent like. Even if some of you fuckers talk about that supercell shit; Supercell or not, the preceding cloud must look thick and might look as though it's collapsing in a bulk fashion.
Why can't this fuck post the date of when he filmed this? Would have saved all the frustration, not the discussions :)
That's the smoke from the oil depot fire. As for supercells; no you don't need one to form a tornado, but non-supercell ones are very weak and are sometimes called cold funnels. In this vid, however, there aren't even any towering cumulus clouds so the atmosphere wasn't at all unstable. The B'ham (UK) tornado was probably on some other day than when this vid was shot.
yoo i liv in bham n i saw da tornado n it was bad! all ma windows were shakin lyk mad n i was lyk wtf!!!! it was onli 2 mins buh it wrecked up sparkhill, sparkbrook n moseley.
When was this filmed?. if it was July 28th, 2005 then yes... it WAS a tornado. I am from no more than 2 miles from where it happened and my parents missed being caught up in it by only a few mins.
That's not a tornado... if it were, at the distance you are away from it, you would be able to see the top of the supercell. (supercell is the storm that creates a tornado) that clearly is not a supercell. look up supercell on google and you'll know what im talking about
Or non-supercell storms (or even towering cumulus clouds). Those are landsoputs, a weaker kind of true tornado. As for this, I don't know. People who live near Birmingham think this is a tornado because it was all over the news. There are some clouds above this formation that obscure any view of the top of the storm, (or it was just out of frame...)
GEM0877, HA HA TRY IT LOSER!
steve2f 3 months ago
I'd like the BBC to use your video and hunt you down for the crime of using your mobile phone while driving.
gem0877 3 months ago
CAUTION! TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN - POOR SOUND QUALITY!
Thumbs up this comment so people after me are more fortunate and get to keep their hearing. lol.
MrRedeyedJedi 4 months ago
Mat Good is tottaly awesome, Thx for the comment Naomiii
steve2f 6 months ago
Awesome - matthew good band!!!! don't know many brits who like them :)
Naomiiii 6 months ago
never been a tornado you dog nuts!
SUP3RSH4NK3RS 9 months ago
back ground noise fu*** sucks video ok
boraoo27 10 months ago
FUCKING SHIT MOBILE PHONE VIDEO
xoio 1 year ago
THIS VIDEO WILL APPEAR ON BBC ONE 7.30PM MON 20th Septmber 2010.
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steve2f 1 year ago
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insideoutsouth1 1 year ago
if it is a tornado it might be coming from a small comma echoe'd thunderstorm. Sometimes a storm bows forward and the top end forms the shape of a comma head and starts to rotate. That's what causes a lot of twisters in the eastern US.
EliteAmericans 1 year ago
doesnt really look like a thunderstorm. Could be a fire or smoke going up into the atmosphere
EliteAmericans 1 year ago
I understand it was a minature, or low topped supercell storm, very possibly.
Agui007 1 year ago
WE could have done with some of them Tornado srens and Irememer it being on Central News
BRU11ROAD 1 year ago
That is scary !. The music that is.
northernsoul44 1 year ago
poor quality but fantastic vid
fishchipsandpeas10 1 year ago
Tough to tell in this vid, but in all my years as a midwestern tornado chaser, I'd say YES...this is the real deal. Wish I had more room to write, but here's why..in no particular order. *isolated storm or tail-end of squall line. *obscured towering cu...lower clouds denying verification. * downdraft has carved "clear slot" around the meso. * obvious "inflow bands" feeding into updraft area. * rapidly changing lowerings from cloud base to ground, which imo, sure look tornadic. joel in tucson
naderchaser 2 years ago
it was a tornado cause i live in britain
Timelord97 2 years ago
It was a tornado which struck Kings Heath, Sparkbrook, and Hall Green areas of Birmingham. It caused much damage to the West Midlands.
Goldylocksbabe 2 years ago
i live near birmingham
TheChase10 2 years ago
Thats not a tornado it just stretches so far out it go's off in the distance and look like its on the ground
Familyguy098 2 years ago
Clouds don't turn into rock when they arn't a Tornado. Clouds can move and sometimes twist sometimes, depending on wind direction. Just because it "twists" doesn't mean it's a tornado
tornadochaserX 2 years ago
This is not a Tornado. Does anyone see a towering cumulonimbus? Look at 0:20. There is a small cloud at the top. Nothing much. No Tornado, so don't get excited
tornadochaserX 2 years ago
I think it was a tornado!
WeeJazzy 2 years ago
no never not ever smoke plume
fuzion666 3 years ago
i dunno...it luks lyk 1 but probly jus the shape of it....duno...i lie in birmz...brapage :D
chocolate0bob 3 years ago
chappers it was a tornado, i live in sparkhill and it ripped half the area to shiznits. also happened to be my birthday that day.u mops
alemcodon 3 years ago
i dont think thats a tornado. looks like a ragged section of cloud.
6V92TA 4 years ago
it WAS a tornado it might not look lyk one but it is
steph0makes0best0vid 3 years ago
There have been two famous tornadoes in Birmingham, UK in recent years. This, however, is most assuredly not one of them. It's either a normal cloud that looks dark because the video appears to have been taken in twilight, or as some others have suggested a plume of smoke from a fire somewhere. Believe me, I study meteorology and there is no way that is a tornado. There are several genuine videos of the Birmingham tornadoes, I suggest you check them out to see what it was really like.
Stumoo 3 years ago
this may not have been a tornado but there was an F2 in birmingham in july 2005
charlottee9412 3 years ago
Iv never been in one and im 9 ...
Well i do come from england we have only had 2 one in birningham and one in London.
chloenator123 4 years ago
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Alright you mudafuckers,
The clouds and what supposedly is the tornado is too fuckin vague, too 2-dimensional, too transparent like. Even if some of you fuckers talk about that supercell shit; Supercell or not, the preceding cloud must look thick and might look as though it's collapsing in a bulk fashion.
Why can't this fuck post the date of when he filmed this? Would have saved all the frustration, not the discussions :)
coderspider 4 years ago
I dont think so
jamgibsonjamgibson 4 years ago
Oh the Other Birmingham....
We have Tornadoes in Alabama all the time...
terry1919 4 years ago
Oh dear. How inconvenient for you.
doodlestroodle 4 years ago
That's the smoke from the oil depot fire. As for supercells; no you don't need one to form a tornado, but non-supercell ones are very weak and are sometimes called cold funnels. In this vid, however, there aren't even any towering cumulus clouds so the atmosphere wasn't at all unstable. The B'ham (UK) tornado was probably on some other day than when this vid was shot.
doodlestroodle 4 years ago
OH MY FREEKING GARD
kindyquince 4 years ago
it is a tornado man it did happen n yes i know people whu got so near it like ma sis was in sparkhill on bus n they cudnt get thru,she was shaken
trnmftm 4 years ago
Is that Bollywood music?
cgman2 4 years ago
You might have turned the radio down :D
DeoDove 4 years ago
yoo i liv in bham n i saw da tornado n it was bad! all ma windows were shakin lyk mad n i was lyk wtf!!!! it was onli 2 mins buh it wrecked up sparkhill, sparkbrook n moseley.
lilangel786 4 years ago
and balsall heath and kings heath
drahcirski 4 years ago
well look try and look it up on the bbc web site it was
graham221 4 years ago
When was this filmed?. if it was July 28th, 2005 then yes... it WAS a tornado. I am from no more than 2 miles from where it happened and my parents missed being caught up in it by only a few mins.
andrewgriffiths78 4 years ago
think ita a bi fuck off fire
bigluke1990 4 years ago
It most certainly is NOT a tornado. It is a line of clouds receding into the distance.
richarddx22 5 years ago
it doesnt have to be a supercell thunderstorm to spawn a tornado idiot.
Spoonybum 5 years ago
it was a tornado dickheads!
leebarnett2004 5 years ago
That's not a tornado... if it were, at the distance you are away from it, you would be able to see the top of the supercell. (supercell is the storm that creates a tornado) that clearly is not a supercell. look up supercell on google and you'll know what im talking about
firehawk97 5 years ago
Or non-supercell storms (or even towering cumulus clouds). Those are landsoputs, a weaker kind of true tornado. As for this, I don't know. People who live near Birmingham think this is a tornado because it was all over the news. There are some clouds above this formation that obscure any view of the top of the storm, (or it was just out of frame...)
Cchrisbud813 4 years ago
Hi Jonny, Think your right....thought it was a good peice to film, cheers mate....steve.
steve2f 5 years ago
What do you think it is?
steve2f 5 years ago
It could have been a Tornado, there's been a lot of them in Birmingham the past few years.
x3WKD3x 5 years ago
I'm guessing Birmingham, England. I'm from Birmingham, Alabama, USA! And that's no tornado.
UABBlazers87 5 years ago
It Just looks like a big depressing cloud and that's just Birmingham! No I love Birmingham really! Hope your car is a left hand drive!
chrisgo 5 years ago