Tornadoes around the World

It’s Never Happened in Wisconsin’s Recorded History Until Today

It was a historic weather day in the Stateline area with record-warm weather and severe weather moving through the area.

We're not even halfway through February and temperatures feel like spring, but that also brings dangerous weather that broke out in northern Illinois and southeastern Wisconsin today.

Wisconsin Records Its First Ever February Tornado

Several videos have surfaced that show a distinct funnel cloud forming near Evansville, Wisconsin.

Reports that more than 1,000 people are without power and some of the major roads in the area are blocked including US Highway 14 highway closed "between County Road M and County Road H due to debris blocking the road," according to Channel3000.

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It's Never Happened in Wisconsin's Recorded History Until Today

Unprecedented February tornado touches down in Wisconsin, causing power outages and road closures.
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Another surprise tornado, this time in Indonesia: "The first ever occurence of an F2 tornado in Indonesia's West Java recorded history was on February 21, 2024."

Indonesia investigates after first large-scale tornado strikes​


Indonesia was struck by a tornado of a scale previously unrecorded in the country that injured at least 33 people and damaged buildings, government officials said.

After the violent wind swept the town of Sumedang in West Java province on Wednesday, a climatologist at government research body BRIN Erma Yulihastin, said the agency would "reconstruct and investigate the tornado".

In a post on social media app X, formerly known as Twitter, she said it was similar to the kind of violent winds that often occur in the northern hemisphere. Until now, only smaller tornadoes, known as "angin puting beliung" have been recorded in Indonesia.

Kay Tiara, a Sumedang resident, told Reuters she had felt panic as the winds approached.


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Dangerous tornado reported in Ohio, others cause damage in Indiana, Kentucky​


A dangerous half mile wide tornado was reported in northern Ohio Thursday night, while several others were confirmed in Kentucky and Indiana in a severe weather outbreak linked to several "significant injuries."

"THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS and dangerous tornado on the ground," the National Weather Service's Cleveland office wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Several people were significantly injured in Winchester, Indiana where severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes occurred Thursday afternoon.

Despite reports of three deaths in the eastern Indiana town, state police said they can not confirm any deaths as of Friday 12:15 am EDT.

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Dangerous tornado reported in Ohio, others cause damage in Indiana, Kentucky

A dangerous half mile wide tornado was reported in Ohio while three others were confirmed in Kentucky and Indiana on Thursday,
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Incredible video of a tornado crossing the Ohio River into Kentucky Thursday morning. Video by Jenny Craghead.
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Logan County, Ohio 🇺🇸
Multiple casualty event. Collapsed buildings with people trapped in Russells Point after tornado. Damage also reported in Indian Lake
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A very large super cell formed over Topeka, Kansas this afternoon (April 30). This funnel cloud formed right over someone's house:

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This is a time-lapse shot of the rotation of the cell over Topeka. Much like the one near Omaha last week, this is a huge cell:

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Aaron Jayjack caught this one two hours ago. Yes, he is getting way too close for comfort, but the whole video shows how chaotic it is on the ground while from a distance, the funnel is well formed and has a completely different visual appearance. What a bizarre lateral shape to the funnel. two more like that have been captured in Kansas. I've never seen that multiple times in one outbreak.

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And another one in China on April 26:

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La #tornade ayant circulé sur la métropole de #Guangzhou (10 millions d'habitants) en #Chine ce vendredi aurait engendré la mort d'au moins 5 personnes et fait plusieurs dizaines de blessés. De très nombreux dégâts sont également à signaler.

The #tornade that swept through the metropolis of #Guangzhou (10 million inhabitants) in #Chine on Friday is said to have claimed the lives of at least 5 people and injured several dozen. A great deal of damage was also reported.
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From CNN

Tornado kills at least 5, injures 33, in Chinese metropolis as region battles deadly floods
An aerial view of a factory whose roof was ripped off by the tornado in Guangzhou, China, on April 28.

An aerial view of a factory whose roof was ripped off by the tornado in Guangzhou, China, on April 28.
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At least five people were killed and 33 injured in a tornado Saturday that struck Guangzhou, a city of 19 million people in southern China, according to Chinese state media.

Authorities say 141 factory buildings were damaged but no residential houses collapsed, according to the Xinhua news agency. It said a preliminary assessment put the tornado at level-three intensity, two below the highest level of five.
Guangzhou, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) from Hong Kong, is the capital city of Guangdong province.

A weather station in Liangtian Village, Baiyun District, about 1.7 miles from where the tornado hit, registered a maximum wind gust of 20.6 meters per second, Xinhua reported.

As of 10 p.m. local time, search and rescue operations had ended.

People drive past a damaged building on Sunday after the tornado hit southern China's Guangdong province.

People drive past a damaged building on Sunday after the tornado hit southern China's Guangdong province.
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The tornado follows multiple days of heavy rains that have lashed southern China, unleashing deadly floods and threatening to upend the lives of tens of millions of people as rescuers rush to evacuate residents trapped by rising waters.

Guangdong province, an economic powerhouse home to 127 million people, has seen widespread flooding that has forced more than 110,000 people to be relocated, state media reported, citing the local government.

Earlier this week state media reported that floods had killed at least four people in Guangdong.

Since April 16, sustained torrential rains have pounded the Pearl River Delta, China’s manufacturing heartland and one of the country’s most populated regions, with four weather stations in Guangdong registering record rainfall for April.
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Plusieurs #tornades ont concerné le canton du #Guangzhou en #Chine ce 27 avril au passage de violents #orages supercellulaires. Des dégâts parfois importants ont été signalés.

Several #tornades affected #Guangzhou township in #Chine this April 27 as violent #supercellular thunderstorms passed through. Severe damage was reported.
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The intense tornadoes and supercells continue in Oklahoma and Kansas. Very destructive outcome for the town of Barnsdall and Bartlesville in Oklahoma.

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This storm front also brought some unusual features that the meteorologists and storm chasers hadn't seen before.
Possibly a STEVE-like EM effect?

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There's some speculation that a USAF base was evacuating B-2 Bombers and these streaks of light a are the jets performing fuel dumps that are igniting?
 
I think the above video was from this tornado:

The May 21 Tornado in Adams County Greenfield is the first EF-4 in western Iowa area in 25 years

Just before 3:00 pm on Tuesday, May 21. A tornado began in far northeast Page County, Iowa. For the next hour and fifteen minutes, the violent tornado raked through parts of Adams and Adair Counties, including over the southeast side of Greenfield (the county seat of Adair County, with a population of 2,062 residents). This tornado was responsible for snapping and twisting wind turbines in Adams County and significantly damaging numerous homes.

The damage was unfathomable in several parts of Adair County, including Greenfield. Homes were wiped off their foundations, leaving only exposed basements. Vehicles were tossed and mangled, with even some ripped apart piece by piece. When the National Weather Service surveyed the tornado in the following days, they estimated that it was of EF-4 intensity with winds between 175-185 mph.
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We don't usually get big tornadoes here. But so far three confirmed today. This one is particularly big about 160km SW of Winnipeg in Swan Lake. We drive through this town every weekend on the the way to our trailer. Not a lot of info on it yet, but it looks pretty big. The area is not heavily populated, so hopefully it just dug up some dirt and trees and didn't hit any buildings.

Swan Lake Manitoba Tornado
 
I feel like I'm cheating a bit, posting here. This isn't a fully fledged tornado, but a short-lived 'dust devil'. It's notable as it's not something that happens here, and it's hard to imagine that the standard explanation of the difference between the air temperature and the ground temperature applies (I doubt the cool gentle stream under the bridge carries enough energy to create a significant temperature differential), as we're in the sub-tropical cool season, with daytime temperatures reaching 24/25 degrees C at midday, and dropping to 16 degrees C at night at the moment.
What is notable about the location, however, is that it is one of the key strategic points in the current civil strife in New Caledonia; the bridge just ahead is the southern point of a roadblock fiercely held by violent insurrectionists, who are effectively holding the 11,000 people who live on the other side of the bridge hostage. Those people are getting very angry. I wonder if the dust devil isn't, in fact, the manifestation of their anger, and the violence of the insurrectionists. It's also the spot where a young gendarme was ambushed and shot in the head last month.
What did the C's say about human emotions affecting natural phenomena?
Here's the link on Facebook: Dust devil at la Coulée, New Caledonia
 
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Impressive the tornado they had in the town of El Toro (Alto Palancia)! Thank you for the photos and videos you are sending us. Remember: oratge@apuntmedia.es. Gros orage · 16 °C 17:40

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Colima MX.
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"Tornadoes in Colima? Scientists explain why they may be more common than you think."

Nord-Pas de Calais France

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A #tornade (a priori of low intensity) occurred under a #orage this Friday August 2 around 1:15 p.m.-20 in the department of #Nord between the municipalities of Solrinnes and Sars-Poteries. Photo: Lebel-Photography via Facebook ( https://bit.ly/46A8vsG )
 
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