WATCH: SAWS yet to confirm Newcastle ‘tornado’

The South African Weather Service said on Monday afternoon that it can't verify the phenomenon at this stage. 

But forecaster Ayanda Ntsele from SAWS it is possible considering the current weather conditions.

"We did have a severe thunderstorm alert, tornados are possible with severe storms however, for this tornado we will need somebody like a credible source because we do not have radar coverage in Newcastle or any sort of live data at this point that can verify a tornado."

READ: SA Weather Service issues 4 warnings of heavy rain and flooding

The weather service has earlier issued warnings of severe thunderstorms north-western interior of KZN and disruptive rain  in the south-east of the province

Hailstorms and heavy rains have been already reported in Harding, Nottingham and Port Shepstone.

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