Weather

2 Tornados: I watched and photographed these twisters for about 10 minutes as they moved west.
I spotted them at 3pm on Wednesday 18th August 2004, passing slowly to the S.E. of Bandon Co. Cork.
My viewing point was north of the river, a couple of miles East of the town and looking south east across the river valley.
The image quality is not great because I used a digital camera ( 9MB) which makes them unsuitable for print
reproduction purposes ( other than on newsprint ). Viewing on screen still gives a good impression of their scale.
The crest of the hill is about 2 miles away and the tornadoes were a distance beyond that again.
Observers at the Old Head of Kinsale reported that there were in fact 4 twisters although there are no images to support this.
Photo 0001 is the main cell and didn't seem to make contact with the ground although the tornado in Photo 3 which was
further to the East looks like it may have done. These images appear in their correct sequence, as they were shot.
Luckily there were no reports of damage.
Click here to see some aerial pictures of the floods that occured in Clonmel in October 2004.