Talk:2005 Birmingham tornado

Significance

Is this event significant enough to warrant an entry in Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brianlucas (talk • contribs)

As it's the strongest tornado ever recorded in the UK then I'd say yes.--Ukdan999 23:33, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Except that further down the page its says that a stronger tornado occurred in 1810 in Plymouth! treesmill 19:33, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

The notability is pretty clear - it was an unusually strong tornado striking the largest provincial city in Britain. In case the American contingent still don't get the significance, just imagine if it were your country's largest provincial city, New York - we'd get pages of speculation, edit wars, and conspiracy theories. A435(m) 21:14, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

THE LARGEST PROVINCIAL CITY IN ENGLAND OR THE UK!!!

Sorry... People using the word 'britain' or 'british' really annoys me for some reason... --81.97.195.36 20:15, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Please take a look at Great Britain - it is a legitimate term used to describe the largest island in the British Isles.-Localzuk^(talk) 20:27, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Coventry

I question the Coventry tornado report and have asked for a citation. I believe this may refer to an event that occurred not on the day of the Birmingham tornado, but on 24 June 2005. Certainly the locations fit the report that appeared in the local media. TORRO (the UK's leading tornado and storm reporting organisation) found no evidence of a tornado on the ground and concluded that video evidence showed a rainshaft, not a tornado or funnel cloud. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sp saunders (talk • contribs) 03:22, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I removed it. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 09:42, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Dead link

During several automated bot runs the following external link was found to be unavailable. Please check if the link is in fact down and fix or remove it in that case!

• http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Media/tornado.pdf?MEDIA_ID=103940&FILENAME=tornado.pdf
  • In 2005 Birmingham tornado on 2011-05-25 07:56:04, 404 Not Found
  • In 2005 Birmingham tornado on 2011-06-12 00:38:35, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 00:38, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Dead link 2

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• http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Media/Tornado%20Exhibition%20G5.pdf?MEDIA_ID=133502&FILENAME=Tornado%20Exhibition%20G5.pdf
  • In 2005 Birmingham tornado on 2011-05-25 07:56:04, 404 Not Found
  • In 2005 Birmingham tornado on 2011-06-12 00:38:46, 404 Not Found

--JeffGBot (talk) 00:39, 12 June 2011 (UTC)