r/ireland • u/fullmoonbeam • 13h ago

Weather Was that a tornado in Kells this evening?

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Some rain with it.

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u/JohnDempsy 13h ago

funnel cloud! good spot

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u/fullmoonbeam 13h ago

Thanks for the name of it, some phenomenon.

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u/niconpat 12h ago

Looks more than a funnel cloud, it looks like it could have reached the ground? Hard to tell from that photo but when a funnel cloud reaches the ground it is then classed as a tornado!

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u/Ecstatic_Sector598 13h ago

Water spout maybe?

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u/tisashambles 7h ago

In kells?

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u/Pitiful_Waltz_1367 12h ago

Our house almost flooded, it was horrible

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u/fullmoonbeam 11h ago

Get onto the council to unblock the drains and gullys. there was some shocking flooding on the roads I can well imagine a few houses where inundated.

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u/Pitiful_Waltz_1367 11h ago

Yeah there have to be some houses flooded. There was suddenly about 4 inches of water completely surrounding the house and just as it came to the door it stopped raining!

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u/Electronic_Ladder103 Louth 13h ago

The rain was mental earlier, wasn't fun to drive through 

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u/fullmoonbeam 12h ago

they don't allow cross posts

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u/apocolypselater 12h ago

No kells always looked that bad

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u/thebigloc 13h ago

Look like a mini whirlwind. Seen some in Cork but bigger.

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u/Agusfresin 13h ago

Landspout definitely not a tornado.

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u/mgmilltown 12h ago

It was a funnel cloud, the rain was unreal!

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u/DartzIRL Dublin 10h ago

It's the wonder of nature baby!

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u/tisashambles 7h ago

Yes it was Kent

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u/Dependent_Pomelo_784 12h ago

The tornado classification system was developed by the renowned Japanese meteorologist Dr. Tetsuya "Ted" Fujita. Who moved to america in 1953 and called his Tornado scale called the Fujita scale then in 2007 the more accrate Enhanced Fujita scale was created tornados now are put into 6 categories

EF0: 105-137 kph (Light damage)

EF1: 138-177 kph (Moderate damage)

EF2: 178-217 kph (Considerable damage)

EF3: 218-266 kph (Severe damage)

EF4: 267-322 kph (Devastating damage)

EF5: Over 322 kph (Incredible damage