Bozart Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 The last 30 seconds of the first one is pretty insane...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Oooh... lots of soviet era industrial debris. Not even built for 60 mph kph winds let alone 200 kph winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 The last 30 seconds of the first one is pretty insane...... Epic power flash at the end of the second one. This looks like a big city, they're fortunate only one was killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurricaneJosh Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Very cool videos-- really graphic. Agreed that the ending of the second one is awesome-- you really get a good look at that circulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normandy Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I love how it just slams the trees sideways at the end. What EF rating was this given? It looks small but somewhat intense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 I love how it just slams the trees sideways at the end. What EF rating was this given? It looks small but somewhat intense In Soviet Russia, tornado rates damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New England Storm Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 In Soviet Russia, tornado rates damage. What ever this tornado was it would seem to be on the strong side when you look at the clip you can see 1.Storm looked like a super cell, wall cloud, spiral pattern above the wall cloud. 2. Full contact with the ground even when the funnel was not fully visible the debris was. Could have around an f2? Russian tornado are not as rare as some may think June 9th 1984 had a large outbreak of powerful tornadoes 95 Deaths – A large, long-tracked, and devastating tornado, considered one of the worst in Russian history, destroyed numerous towns along its 81 miles (130 km). Rated F5 on the Fujita Scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 There probably isn't a lot of information on the Ivanovo tornado/outbreak because it was during the USSR period of Russia. Regardless, it seems like an extremely violent and long lived tornado and there may have been other long tracked and destructive tornadoes (perhaps even more than one T10/F5). Potentially over 400 people died in the outbreak as a whole. Here is a chilling article from Stormtrack regarding this event... Tornado Outbreak in Russia on June 9th, 1984:On June 9th, 1983, a tornadic event of unusual violence struck the western part of Russia. Meteorological conditions were exceptionally primed for tornadoes as had not been seen in many years. These tornadoes killed 400 people and injured 213 others. In 1987 Russian scientists published their research on this event. However there has been confusion in identifying the different tornados and understanding their Fujita classifications. For example the tornado which struck the city of Ivanovo was officially recorded as an F4 by the Russian Federation. Nevertheless, after re-examining the descriptions of the damage (cars thrown and completely crushed, great trees uprooted and hurled several kilometers, reinforced concrete buildings and some 1180 homes pulverized) it is apparent the storm had the characteristics of an F5. This information compliments the TORRO classification of the Ivanovo tornado as a F5/T10. The Kostroma tornado might also be underestimated: it was classified officially as an F4, but according to certain evidents it might have been an F5 (trees uprooted and thrown long distances, a crane weighing 350 tons thrown nearby, a water tower weighing many tons thrown 1 km away); it needs to be confirmed. The area affected by the tornadoes of June 9th, 1984 covered an area of 400,000 square kilometers. The lack of information makes one think that perhaps not all the tornadoes were recorded. This haziness of information on tornadoes of such terrible magnitude that killed and injured so many resembles the Tri-State Tornado of March 18th, 1925. ---list of tornadoes-- This event is certainly remarkable for the path length of the storms compared to other such phenomena. The exceptional path lengths makes one think of the Super Outbreak of April 3rd and 4th, 1974 in the US, studied by Mr. Fujita. According to him, the long damage paths could come from a subtle link between the tornados and the violent phenomenon known as the downburst. In effect, if the downburst is composed of warm and humid air it can provide energy to the tornado and lower atmosphere of the powerful supercell. These cases are rare because the majority of descending currents consist of cold air and hamper the development of rotating columns of air. (I had difficulty with this section, as I've never heard this theory regarding downbursts before) ----------- ---------- *Each description has at the start the ongoing weather when the tornado occured - I believe all are listed as "hailstorm" (orage de grele), the landscape of the area, followed by the path length, path width, and affected communities. I'm going to only translate the descriptions below - the upper part should be easy to figure out. Ivanovo tornado The Ivanovo tornado was the most destructive. It was on the ground for 160 km, travelling SSW to NNE with a slight change in direction north of Ivanovo to the direction of the Volga. Cars were thrown and completely destroyed, great trees were uprooted and carried several kilometers and reinforced concrete buildings were pulverized and 1180 homes were completely destroyed. 75 people were killed in Ivanovo and 20 others were killed in Yuchnyy. Approximately 130 people were injured in Yuchnyy. Tornado in Kostroma This tornado touched down near Kostroma and Balino in Yaroslavl Oblast (region). Trees were thrown long distances, parts of bridges were destroyed, buildings constructed of steel and concrete were severely damanged (or destroyed). A crane weighing 350 tons was thrown down. Water towns weighing many tons were thrown a kilometer. Tornado in Golubkovo In the region of Yaroslavl Oblast. Little information detailing the damage is actually available. The tornado struck the village of Gulubkovo around 4 PM Moscow Standard Time (1200 UTC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew-Northern Italy Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Tornadoes in Europe, even quite severe ones, are more common than many people think, and not just you americans. Expecially in some regions such as Po valley here in Italy, you can have 15-20 tornadoes per year, sometimes with serious damages. In the past we have had even deadly twisters with dozen of deaths. Just 2 recent examples Riese's tornado in 2009, near Treviso/Venice Milan's tornado back in 2001 [ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mencken_Fan Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 Tornadoes in Europe, even quite severe ones, are more common than many people think, and not just you americans. Expecially in some regions such as Po valley here in Italy, you can have 15-20 tornadoes per year, sometimes with serious damages. In the past we have had even deadly twisters with dozen of deaths. Just 2 recent examples Riese's tornado in 2009, near Treviso/Venice Milan's tornado back in 2001 [ Beautiful country...beautiful language. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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