Webfrom rté radio 1's morning ireland, senior forecaster with met eireann gerry murphy on what causes a weather event like a localised tornado. (ap) — the national weather service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in the southern new hampshire town of dublin on sunday, damaging. Webforecasters at the european storm forecast experiment group (estofex) have raised the alert level for tornado activity over ireland amid the horrendous weather.