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December 2012 Auckland Tornado
Around midday on Thursday 6 December an active trough line passed slowly through Auckland. A thunderstorm in this line produced a tornado that touched down near Hobsonville and Whenuapai. After passing northwest Auckland, the line of showers continued on a southeast path that took it across northern Waikato, Bay of Plenty and across Mahia Peninsula
May 2011 Auckland Tornado
The tornado formed from a very active and well defined band of thunderstorm activity on the afternoon of the 3rd May 2011. The destructive tornado swept across Auckland's North Shore, leaving a trail of destruction from Albany to Glenfield.
June 1991 Auckland Tornado
August 1980 Auckland Tornado
A tornado struck Onehunga. A woman was killed under a falling tree.
April 1953 Auckland Tornado
A tornado struck the Remuera area, causing damage. A man who was in a bus shelter was killed when it collapsed.
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