From: "Phil Payne" 

"Mike N."  wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 09:39:47 +0100, Adam 
> wrote:
>
> >About 10 days' worth of rain fell in half an hour and some homes were
> >hit by tornados in Leeds and Harrogate.
>
>    How common are tornados over there?   In some parts of inland Europe,
> they almost never touch.

Used to be extremely rare, now we get two or three a year.  Usually very
short-lived and local.

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