Tornado hits BNE airport yesterday

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The airport had approx 100 mm also in 1 hour ..Not too much damage luckily however one aircraft may have been damaged...Roofing tiles were blown around and many trolleys at the international apron were flung about.

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Tornado impacts Brisbane Airport in supercell storm event, more wild weather predicted for weekend from inland low pressure system
By Baz Ruddick and Nibir Khan, Friday October 22, 2021 - 13:22 EDT
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The supercell storm developed late on Friday morning over Brisbane Airport. - ABC

A tornado hit near Brisbane Airport on Friday morning as a supercell storm event moved across the area, bringing intense rain and strong winds, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has confirmed.


The BOM said the storm was moving very slowly eastwards but cancelled the warning when the system passed into Moreton Bay.


The BOM took about an hour to investigate, eventually confirming "a tornado occurred during a supercell thunderstorm near Brisbane Airport".


The Brisbane Airport Corporation said flight delays were expected and they were assessing damage, but there have been no reports of injuries.


The BOM said 101 millimetres of rain was recorded at the airport in an hour on Friday morning.


The storm caused a number of flight delays.


Brisbane Airport spokesperson Rachel Bronish said the airport was working to assess and "rectify" any damage from the tornado.


"We haven't had any reports of injuries which is fantastic news," she said.


"But as you can imagine, there's been reports of water leaks and trees down and debris across the precinct."


She said the airport remained open throughout the tornado, but operations were "momentarily" suspended and flights were grounded.


"Aircraft services were suspended for a short amount of time until the storm itself passed," she said.


"If anybody is due to fly out from Brisbane Airport later [Friday] afternoon, we just encourage you to check in with your airline ? just plan ahead and contact your airline," Ms Bronish said.


The Brisbane Airport website said five flights had been cancelled.


Just before 1:00pm, the BOM issued a fresh warning for a "very dangerous" thunderstorm warning impacting parts of the Gold Coast and Redland City.


The storm was moving north-east over the waters east of South Stradbroke Island.


That warning has since been cancelled.


At 4:20pm, the BOM warned of three "very dangerous" storm cells ? at Gympie, Jimna and a third south of the Queensland border moving north toward the Scenic Rim.


By 6:00pm, the storms were no longer considered dangerous.


More showers and storms to come