Significant Tornado Events - Global Edition

[TH2002]

Of the ten reported tornadoes in the ESWD database for Syria, seven of them have occurred near the city of Tartus, including two this year (on February 1 and February 5), as well as this tornado in 2012:



Tartus seems to be the Moore of the Middle East...

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

 

[A Guy]

Can he hurry up and publish the damned thing lol?

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

I wonder if someone has the other damage photos from the 1990 Mobara tornado

@MNTornadoGuy

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

@MNTornadoGuy

I don’t have any damage photos from Mobara

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

I wonder if someone has the other damage photos from the 1990 Mobara tornado

@MNTornadoGuy

I don’t have any damage photos from Mobara

I think there may have been some other damage photos from the 1990 Mobara F4 tornado

 

[ciberbull]

Heres some stuff i found about the 2004 Kontiolahti F2 the last F2+ tornado in Finland.

high res shot from 2009

zoom-in on Jouhteninen island where it was probably the strongest

drone shot of the island from this video from 2017

more pics from the island

the very high tree fall rates and fall patterns are interesting though the patterns are probably caused by the topography


i'm not sure where this house but i assume its where it made landfall

low res image i assume from downwind of the house

street view from 2009 near where it made landfall

shot of the tornado from this video

ERA5 shows a pretty good environment

 

[buckeye05]

Heres some stuff i found about the 2004 Kontiolahti F2 the last F2+ tornado in Finland.

high res shot from 2009

zoom-in on Jouhteninen island where it was probably the strongest

drone shot of the island from this video from 2017

more pics from the island

the very high tree fall rates and fall patterns are interesting though the patterns are probably caused by the topography


i'm not sure where this house but i assume its where it made landfall

low res image i assume from downwind of the house

street view from 2009 near where it made landfall

shot of the tornado from this video

ERA5 shows a pretty good environment

Wow! Never heard of this event. That is some extremely impressive tree damage, especially for Scandinavia.

 

[UK_EF4]

Just stumbled across this video which I had never seen before. The tornado was likely pretty weak, but because of how close range this person gets and the really intense motion I thought its a video worth sharing on here.

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

An impressive Indonesian tornado back on December 7, 2012 in Yogyakarta

 

[TH2002]

Unlike neighboring mainland China, Taiwan isn't known for tornado activity but they do get one or two per year according to some sources. Here are a few examples:

May 12, 2011 - Xindian District, New Taipei City
Widely visible anticyclonic tornado. It touched down and caused damage including a flipped car, downed fencing and uprooted trees. Because of its wide visibility and the highly populated area, this tornado was documented from many angles. It is possibly one of the most filmed tornadoes from outside of North America, probably on par with other instances including Tsukuba 2012 and South Moravia 2021.

July 19, 2014 - Pingtung County
Large, widely visible tornado that probably originated as a waterspout. It reportedly traveled six kilometers (3.7 mi) and caused some damage to greenhouses and power poles.



August 9, 2015 - Tainan City
Not much information is available on this tornado, but it was spawned in the outer bands of Typhoon Soudelor. Most of you are probably familiar with the dashcam video of this tornado, taken as it crossed over Yongcheng Road.

July 1, 2019 - Linbian and Nanzhou Township, Pingtung County
Large, strong tornado took on the appearance of a small wedge in its mature stage. Trees and power poles were downed, tin roofing was blown apart and scattered, and boxcars and large shipping containers were reportedly blown over by the tornado.

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

There was a significant tornado in Saudi Arabia today. One person was killed when their truck was overturned.

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

Speaking of the Middle East tornadoes, there's this twin tornadoes in Qatar that were dubbed as "gustnado" for unknown reason.

 

[TH2002]

While the Middle East isn't known as a tornado hotspot (goes without saying) they do get quite a few over there, especially in Saudi Arabia. Here's some close range footage of a tornado apparently in Lebanon, although I don't know if that's accurate or not:

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

 

[buckeye05]

There was a significant tornado in Saudi Arabia today. One person was killed when their truck was overturned.

Is the fatality confirmed? I haven't found any sources saying that. Not doubting, just trying to verify.

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

Speaking of the Middle East tornadoes, there's this twin tornadoes in Qatar that were dubbed as "gustnado" for unknown reason.

Not sure why was it called as gustnado

 

[MNTornadoGuy]

Is the fatality confirmed? I haven't found any sources saying that. Not doubting, just trying to verify.

https://www.okaz.com.sa/ampArticle/2128782 This source also mentions a fatality and an injury. A Pakistani national was hit by flying debris and killed.

 

[TH2002]

Not sure why was it called as gustnado

In areas around the world where severe weather is much more uncommon, it's most likely they simply don't know what they're looking at. I've seen multiple cases of tornadoes being misclassified as gustnadoes, vice versa, or even going (in official sources) undocumented completely.

 

[Ivanthetornadoenthusiast]

In areas around the world where severe weather is much more uncommon, it's most likely they simply don't know what they're looking at. I've seen multiple cases of tornadoes being misclassified as gustnadoes, vice versa, or even going (in official sources) undocumented completely.

When was the first time a tornado was misclassified as gustnado?