Ms Horton said tornadoes were not uncommon in the UK, having last had a report in Milford on Sea, Hampshire, in November.
She explained: “It’s not terribly rare, perhaps a couple of events a year. If you’ve got an unstable atmosphere you can get vigorous showers.
“Add in some wind shear, which is where winds are changing their speed and direction with height, that rising air can sometimes tighten into a waterspout.
“If it makes landfall, then we call it a tornado.”
She said the events could last from “a few seconds to maybe half a minute” and were very hard to forecast.
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