19 Sep 2011

Tornado warning for Northland

3:37 pm on 19 September 2011

MetService is warning a number of small tornadoes could hit the north of New Zealand for a few hours from Monday afternoon.

Forecaster Chris Noble says a line of thunderstorms is moving over Northland, bringing a risk of tornadoes from the Bay of Islands north.

Mr Noble says any tornadoes would be very localised and probably coastal.