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The Great Christmas Blizzard and Avalanches of 1836, by G. A. Southern, published March 1976 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 1, no. 6, article, pp.182-183)   Download PDF

With the help of contemporary reports, an account is given of the historic Christmas blizzard of 1836. The blizzard was particualrly severe over the Sussex downland and culminated in a disastrous avalanche at Lewes, Sussex

Remarkable Mirage at Hastings July 1797, by William Latham, Esq., F.R.S., A.S., published January 1979 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 4, no. 35, article, pp.18-19)   Download PDF

Account of a singular instance of atmospherical refraction

Early nineteenth century Sussex weather, by G. A. Southern, published November 1983 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 8, no. 83, article, pp.284-287)   Download PDF

Presented here is a tantalising glimpse of early nineteenth century Sussex weather as seen and described through the eyes of a medical practitioner resident most of his life in Lewes and Brighton. A curious example of St. Elmo's fire is described under the date of 21 October 1819

Tornado winds at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, on 21 December 1983, by L. S. Laskey, published April 1984 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 9, no. 88, article, pp.117-118)   Download PDF

The storm of 16th October 1987 and a brief comparison with three other historic gales in Southern England (1362, 1662, 1703), by M. W. Rowe, published June 1988 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 13, no. 129, article, pp.149-155)   Download PDF

The storm of 16th October 1987 was one of the most destructive gales on record in South-East England. However, the damage appears to have been neither as widespread nor a severe as in the gales of 1362, 1662 and 1703, although in Kent and Sussex it may have been comparble with the storm of 1703, which was in general the most severe of the four. Major factors in the development of the 1987 storm were an exceptional thermal gradient in the upper atmosphere over the Atlantic and the existence of a sharp upper trough to the west of Britain.

Tornado causes emergency evacuation at Selsey, Southern England, during the night of 20-21 November 1986, by D. M. Elsom and M. W. Rowe, published November 1988 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 13, no. 133, article, pp.349-355)   Download PDF

Four tornados formed during the passage of a cold front associated with a small frontal depression which passed across England and Wales during the night of 20-21 November 1986. In total, 300-400 houses were damaged by the four tornados, three of which reached force T3. At Selsey, West Sussex, nearly 300 people had to be evacuated from their damaged homes.

The Selsey tornado, by Peter Matthews, published November 1988 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 13, no. 133, article, pp.355-357)   Download PDF

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

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.

Stories from Selsey, published February 1998 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 23, no. 226, article, pp.49-55)   Download PDF

Tornado damage at Peacehaven, Sussex, 8 January 1998, published February 1998 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 23, no. 226, article, p.55)   Download PDF

Climate change, the frequency of UK tornadoes and other issues raised in the media reporting of the Selsey tornado, 7 January 1998, by Derek M. Elsom, David J. Reynolds and Michael W. Rowe, published January 1999 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 24, no. 235, article, pp.3-13)   Download PDF

The T3-4 intensity tornado which struck Selsey, West Sussex, on 7 January 1998 received unusually widespread and headline national media coverage. This article considers the narure of the media reporting of that event, especially in terms of its content and accuracy. The media made much of the possibility that climate change, specifically global warming, is resulting in more tornadoes occuring in the UK. UK TORRO's database of tornadic activity for the period 1960 to 1997 indicates there is no significant trend within this period although the late 1980s and to some extent the 1990s produced fewer annual numbers of tornadoes and tornado days than many of the years in the 1970s and early 1980s.

The Selsey tornado of 7 January 1998: A comprehensive report of the damage, by P. Matthews, published August 1999 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 24, no. 240, article, pp.197-208)   Download PDF

The Selsey tornado of January 1998 was much reported in the media. There were also conflicting accounts of the amount of damage and financial loss. I was able to visit Selsey on a number of occasions to undertake site investigations, and was fortunate to meet Professor Michael Baker to compare our findings. This paper is a comprhensive damage study put togather on the evidence of several complementary sources.

Tornado at Pagham, west Sussex, 23 September 1999, by Anthony Gilbert, published March 2000 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 25, no. 247, article, pp.82-88)   Download PDF

On Thursday 23 September 1999 a waterspout made landfall at the small seaside town of Pagham, near Selsey, and continued to track 3 km inland with a damage path-width of a few metres. Its strength is estimated at T3 on the International TORRO Scale. Two further waterspouts made landfall later that morning approximately 11 km west but with lesser strengths estimated between T1 and T2. A detailed investigation was undertken that morning.

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

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.

Complex ball lighting events at Soreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, 24 September 2000 and 3 November 2000, by Peter Van Doorn, published December 2001 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 26, no. 264, article, pp.381-386)   Download PDF

A remarkable series of phenomenal events which occurred on the Sussex coast, in the Autumn of 2000, challenge many existing views on the nature and origin of BL. There were many incidents and numerous witnesses to what occurred, and because the former are so varied and the descriptions provided by the latter so unusual, it would be impractical, in fact impossible, to describe them all in a single attack. This is the first of a series, and is written in narrative form; diagrams and analyses of what occurred will appear in due course.

Complex ball lighting events at Soreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, 24 September 2000 and 3 November 2000 - Part 2, by Peter Van Doorn, published October 2002 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 27, no. 272, article, pp.302-307)   Download PDF

A remarkable series of phenomenal events which occurred on the Sussex coast, in the Autumn of 2000, challenge many existing views on the nature and origin of BL. There were many incidents and numerous witnesses to what occurred, and because the former are so varied and the descriptions provided by the latter so unusual, it would be impractical, in fact impossible, to describe them all in a single attack. This is the second of a series and continues in the narrative style of the first; diagrams and analyses of what happened will appear in due course.

Complex ball lighting events at Soreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England, 24 September 2000 and 3 November 2000 - Part 3, by Peter Van Doorn, published February 2003 in The Journal of Meteorology (vol. 28, no. 276, article, pp.60-69)   Download PDF

A remarkable series of phenomenal events which occurred on the Sussex coast, in the Autumn of 2000, challenge many existing views on the nature and origin of BL. There were many incidents and numerous witnesses to what occurred, and because the former are so varied and the descriptions provided by the latter so unusual, it would be impractical, in fact impossible, to describe them all in a single attack. This is the third of a series and continues in the narrative style of the former.

A note on the severe Hailstorm in Sussex and Kent, UK - 15 July 2007, by Jonathan D. C. Webb, published September 2009 in The International Journal of Meteorology (vol. 34, no. 341, article, pp.229-233)   Download PDF

Following a brief incursion of very warm air into SE England on 15 July 2007, a severe thunderstorm system, with a locally destructive hailstorm and squall, affected East Sussex, Kent and adjacent coastal areas.