A damaging microburst and tornado near York on 3 August 2011

Investigating the Surrey tornado of 21 December 2019

“…For example, whilst tornadoes generally produce narrow and very well‐defined damage tracks, downbursts often produce a wider swath of damage, with evidence of divergence in the throw direction of debris across the swath (e.g. Smart et al ., 2012; see their figure 3). Whilst media reports are often useful in providing an initial alert of storm damage, which can then be used as a starting location for the SI, they tend to focus on locations that have sustained the worst damage, or urban areas where the impacts may be most in evidence.…”