Publications
The Selsey tornado, the night of 7-8 January 1998, by G. T. Meaden, published February 1998 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 23, no. 226, article, pp.41-49) Download PDF
Abstract:Preliminary reports indicate that tornadic winds and golfball-size hail damaged around 1000 properties at Selsey in West Sussex before midnight on Wednesday 7 January at a cost variously estimated at £5M to £10M. The storm went on to Peacehaven, near Newhaven, which it reached about a quarter of an hour after midnight damaging several houses there. This brief survey, prepared within a week of a site investigation at Selsey on 8 January, includes interviews with eye-witnesses.
Site Study of the T4 Bognor Regis tornado of 28 October 2000 - a day in the life of a tornado investigator, by G. T. Meaden, published January 2001 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 26, no. 255, article, pp.3-13) Download PDF
Abstract:This report summarises the tornado damage to properties at Bognor Regis on the West Sussex coast that occurred between 5.10 and 5.15 p.m. clocktime (1610-1615 UTC) on 28 October 2000. The damage trail through the town was 3 km long and chiefly 70 to 80 metres wide. The tornado strength probably reached T4 on the Intenational Tornadoa Scale, setting the tornado in the TLW category.