Multiple supercells formed in southern Poland on the afternoon of 15 August 2008 and produced several significant tornadoes that resulted in many casualties and significant damage. The main tornado-producer was a long-tracked right moving supercell with a BWER and a hook echo visible on radar which formed in southern Poland and moved north-northeastward, spawning several strong tornadoes. The outbreak began when a weak tornado touched down in Knurów causing little damage. While the first tornado was occurring, the main tornado-producer produced its first tornado, a large and violent multiple-vortex that struck the villages of Dolnica, Kopanina, Zimna Wódka, Kolonia Jaryszów, Balcarzowice, Błotnica Strzelecka and Dąbrówka with a total path of 20 km damaging or destroying hundreds of buildings and wounding 15 people, with a width of 500–1000 m before dissipating in a wooded area. It was given a rating of high-end F3/low-end F4. The supercell produced another multiple-vortex tornado near Piłka and struck the northern side of town, causing little damage. Northeast of Rusinowice the tornado quickly became large and destroyed a large swath of forest, its path still clearly visible on satellite imagery today. The tornado then hit the western suburbs of Kalina where it killed one person and caused more tree damage before it probably dissipated east of Herby, where the supercell either quickly recycled and produced a new F3 tornado that struck the city of Blachownia, or the same tornado continued into Blachownia. After the tornado that impacted Blachownia dissipated, the supercell produced an F2 tornado struck the town of Mykanów. This tornado flipped a bus while it was crossing a highway. At 16:40 UTC the same supercell produced another multiple-vortex and non-fully condensed [3] F3 which struck the west part of Radomsko, destroying or damaging about 100 houses on a path of about 4–5 km. Four other tornadoes touched down, including another F3 and an F2 before the main tornado-producing supercell decayed. Another F1 tornado touched down in Radom, likely associated with a different supercell, before activity on the 15th ended. The outbreak continued on 16 August, producing two tornadoes, both were F1, one in Osipy-Kolonia and one, the strongest (T3), struck Seroczyn damaging 130 buildings.
This was either the third of eight tornadoes that was spawned by the long-tracked main supercell, or it also could have been the same tornado that struck Kalina and passed near Herby. It appeared to have touched down immediately after the Herby tornado lifted, and moved right into the city of Blachownia where it produced severe damage in the city.
This was the fourth of eight tornadoes from the long-tracked dominant supercell. It caused some damage to structures and this tornado may passed over a bus on a highway, where it was caught on film by passengers. This tornado injured up to 40 people.
This short-lived but intense multiple-vortex tornado which wasn't fully condensed at times was the fifth of eight tornadoes spawned by the long-tracked supercell.[4] Moving north-northeastward, it moved into the western part of the city and damaged more than 100 houses and the damage cost was estimated at 20 million. Polish złoty.
The tornado start at 15:00 UTC (17:00 local time) just north-east of Dolnica, cutting down trees and power poles. The multiple-vortex tornado continued its path and struck the village of Kopanina with a width of about 600–700 m causing serious damage to homes. The wedge tornado changed direction pointing to the south side of the city of Zimna Wódka, where 15–20 buildings were damaged or destroyed. The tornado changed direction again and struck Kolonia Jaryszów. There the tornado reached a maximum width of 1000 m and many buildings were damaged or destroyed. On the A4 highway, some cars and trucks were thrown tens of meters away and the trees were debarked. Crossing the highway, the tornado struck Sieroniowice and Balcarzowice where many buildings were almost razed to the ground (F4–T8 damage) and some people were injured. After Balcarzowice the tornado struck Błotnica Strzelecka with a width of about 400–500 m causing severe damage, classifiable as a strong F2 (T5), and finally the tornado struck the forest between Błotnica and Dąbrówka causing F2 sporadic damage and causing damage classifiable as a low F1 (T2). The tornado was classified as an F4/T8, damaging about 150 buildings and injuring 15 people. No one was killed by the storm.
The second tornado from the main tornado-producing supercell formed near Piłka and then struck the north side of the town at 15:30 UTC, producing little damage. The tornado continued on to Rusinowice, where it significantly intensified into a strong tornado as it passed through the southern and eastern part of the town, one person was killed when a building collapsed. The tornado continued to quickly intensify and expand as it moved northeast of Rusinowice, where it snapped, uprooted, and debarked hundreds of trees in a forest. The tornado reached its maximum width of at least half a mile north of Ciesnowia, clipping the northern side of town and leveling entire swaths of forest, denuding and debarking hundreds of trees. The tornado then continued moving north-northeast and caused its worst damage in the western suburbs of Kalna, where many homes were leveled. One person lost their life in this area from a falling tree. The tornado then turned to the northeast, producing more tree damage before it is assumed to have dissipated after passing southeast of Herby, where the supercell quickly produced another F3 tornado that struck Blachownia. The parent supercell brought 4 centimetres (1.6 inches) hail to some places while the tornado was in progress.
The tornado struck the town of Mykanów at 16:20 UTC hitting the southern and the eastern part of the town causing damage to some houses, some with the roof torn off. The tornado probably touched down near Topolów or Radostków, but this may have been the same tornado that hit Blachownia causing F3 damage along its path. The storm crossed national road 1 where a bus was turned and lifted into the air injuring the 40 people inside, 10 seriously. The tornado struck Grabowa and Bogusławice causing T4 (F2) damage and low F1 damage in Kruszyna before it dissipated.
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In total, 4 people were killed and about 770 buildings sustained damage.[5] It was strongest tornado outbreak in Poland in many years. Many downbursts occurred between Slovakia and Poland, some with winds up to 140–150 km/h causing severe damage to some towns and 2 deaths in Slovakia. Large hail caused injuries and destruction; in Poland the hail reached 8–9 cm but also 10–13 cm in diameter (but this is not confirmed) injuring 10 people and causing severe damage.
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2008, poland, tornado, outbreak, tornado, outbreak, struck, southern, central, poland, august, 2008, overall, killed, four, people, tornadoes, affected, opole, voivodeship, silesian, voivodeship, Łódź, voivodeship, european, storm, forecast, experiment, issued. A tornado outbreak struck southern and central Poland on 15 August 2008 Overall it killed four people 1 Tornadoes affected Opole Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship and Lodz Voivodeship The European Storm Forecast Experiment issued a Level 3 which means there could potentially be a major severe thunderstorm outbreak 2 2008 Poland tornado outbreakDamages in KalinaTypeTornado outbreakDuration15 August 2008Tornadoesconfirmed12Max rating1F3 T7 tornadoDuration oftornado outbreak2 4 hoursFatalities2 fatalities 2 non tornadic gt 55 injuries 10 non tornadic DamageUnknown1Most severe tornado damage see Fujita scale2Time from first tornado to last tornado Contents 1 Tornado outbreak 2 Confirmed tornadoes 2 1 15 August event 3 Notable tornadoes 3 1 Jaryszow tornado 3 2 Rusinowice Kalina Herby tornado 3 3 Mykanow tornado 4 Effects 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksTornado outbreak editMultiple supercells formed in southern Poland on the afternoon of 15 August 2008 and produced several significant tornadoes that resulted in many casualties and significant damage The main tornado producer was a long tracked right moving supercell with a BWER and a hook echo visible on radar which formed in southern Poland and moved north northeastward spawning several strong tornadoes The outbreak began when a weak tornado touched down in Knurow causing little damage While the first tornado was occurring the main tornado producer produced its first tornado a large and violent multiple vortex that struck the villages of Dolnica Kopanina Zimna Wodka Kolonia Jaryszow Balcarzowice Blotnica Strzelecka and Dabrowka with a total path of 20 km damaging or destroying hundreds of buildings and wounding 15 people with a width of 500 1000 m before dissipating in a wooded area It was given a rating of high end F3 low end F4 The supercell produced another multiple vortex tornado near Pilka and struck the northern side of town causing little damage Northeast of Rusinowice the tornado quickly became large and destroyed a large swath of forest its path still clearly visible on satellite imagery today The tornado then hit the western suburbs of Kalina where it killed one person and caused more tree damage before it probably dissipated east of Herby where the supercell either quickly recycled and produced a new F3 tornado that struck the city of Blachownia or the same tornado continued into Blachownia After the tornado that impacted Blachownia dissipated the supercell produced an F2 tornado struck the town of Mykanow This tornado flipped a bus while it was crossing a highway At 16 40 UTC the same supercell produced another multiple vortex and non fully condensed 3 F3 which struck the west part of Radomsko destroying or damaging about 100 houses on a path of about 4 5 km Four other tornadoes touched down including another F3 and an F2 before the main tornado producing supercell decayed Another F1 tornado touched down in Radom likely associated with a different supercell before activity on the 15th ended The outbreak continued on 16 August producing two tornadoes both were F1 one in Osipy Kolonia and one the strongest T3 struck Seroczyn damaging 130 buildings Confirmed tornadoes editConfirmed tornadoes by Fujita rating FU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Total1 0 2 2 4 1 0 10Some tornadoes were confirmed but were not rated 15 August event edit List of reported tornadoes Friday 15 August 2008F T Location District County Coord Time UTC Path length Comments DamagePolandF T Knurow Gliwice 50 13 N 18 40 E 50 22 N 18 67 E 50 22 18 67 Knurow August 15 F 1500 Unknown A weak tornado confirmed in KnurowF4 T8 Jaryszow Strzelce 50 28 N 18 22 E 50 47 N 18 37 E 50 47 18 37 Jaryszow August 15 F3 1500 20 km 12 mi See section on this tornado F3 T6 NE of Rusinowice to Herby Lubliniec 50 44 N 18 53 E 50 73 N 18 88 E 50 73 18 88 Herby August 15 F3 1530 15 km 9 3 mi 2 deaths See section on this tornado F3 T Blachownia Czestochowa 50 22 N 18 17 E 50 37 N 18 28 E 50 37 18 28 Blachownia August 15 F3 1600 Unknown This was either the third of eight tornadoes that was spawned by the long tracked main supercell or it also could have been the same tornado that struck Kalina and passed near Herby It appeared to have touched down immediately after the Herby tornado lifted and moved right into the city of Blachownia where it produced severe damage in the city F2 T5 Mykanow Czestochowa 50 56 N 19 12 E 50 93 N 19 20 E 50 93 19 20 Mykanow August 15 F 1620 Unknown This was the fourth of eight tornadoes from the long tracked dominant supercell It caused some damage to structures and this tornado may passed over a bus on a highway where it was caught on film by passengers This tornado injured up to 40 people F3 T6 Radomsko Radomsko 51 04 N 19 27 E 51 07 N 19 45 E 51 07 19 45 Radomsko August 15 F3 1640 Unknown This short lived but intense multiple vortex tornado which wasn t fully condensed at times was the fifth of eight tornadoes spawned by the long tracked supercell 4 Moving north northeastward it moved into the western part of the city and damaged more than 100 houses and the damage cost was estimated at 20 million Polish zloty F1 T2 Dobroszyce Olesnica 51 09 N 19 25 E 51 15 N 19 42 E 51 15 19 42 Dobroszyce August 15 F1 1650 4 5 km Suction vortices were observed with this tornadoF2 T5 Gomunice Radomsko 51 10 N 19 29 E 51 17 N 19 48 E 51 17 19 48 Gomunice August 15 F2 1715 10 km 6 2 mi 20 buildings were damaged and 2 buildings were completely destroyed F3 T6 Gorzkowice Piotrkow 51 13 N 19 36 E 51 22 N 19 60 E 51 22 19 60 Gorzowice August 15 F3 1730 9 km 5 6 mi F1 T Radom Radom 51 25 N 21 12 E 51 42 N 21 20 E 51 42 21 20 Radom August 15 F1 1900 2 5 km 1 6 mi F1 tornado passed through a largely populated areaSources ESSL Severe Weather DatabaseNotable tornadoes editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jaryszow tornado edit Jaryszow tornadoF4 tornadoHighest winds183 206 mphMax rating1F4 tornadoFatalities15 injuries1Most severe tornado damage see Fujita scaleThe tornado start at 15 00 UTC 17 00 local time just north east of Dolnica cutting down trees and power poles The multiple vortex tornado continued its path and struck the village of Kopanina with a width of about 600 700 m causing serious damage to homes The wedge tornado changed direction pointing to the south side of the city of Zimna Wodka where 15 20 buildings were damaged or destroyed The tornado changed direction again and struck Kolonia Jaryszow There the tornado reached a maximum width of 1000 m and many buildings were damaged or destroyed On the A4 highway some cars and trucks were thrown tens of meters away and the trees were debarked Crossing the highway the tornado struck Sieroniowice and Balcarzowice where many buildings were almost razed to the ground F4 T8 damage and some people were injured After Balcarzowice the tornado struck Blotnica Strzelecka with a width of about 400 500 m causing severe damage classifiable as a strong F2 T5 and finally the tornado struck the forest between Blotnica and Dabrowka causing F2 sporadic damage and causing damage classifiable as a low F1 T2 The tornado was classified as an F4 T8 damaging about 150 buildings and injuring 15 people No one was killed by the storm Rusinowice Kalina Herby tornado edit Rusinowice Kalina Herby tornadoF3 tornadoHighest winds158 182 mphMax rating1F3 tornadoFatalities2 fatalities unknown amount of injuries1Most severe tornado damage see Fujita scaleThe second tornado from the main tornado producing supercell formed near Pilka and then struck the north side of the town at 15 30 UTC producing little damage The tornado continued on to Rusinowice where it significantly intensified into a strong tornado as it passed through the southern and eastern part of the town one person was killed when a building collapsed The tornado continued to quickly intensify and expand as it moved northeast of Rusinowice where it snapped uprooted and debarked hundreds of trees in a forest The tornado reached its maximum width of at least half a mile north of Ciesnowia clipping the northern side of town and leveling entire swaths of forest denuding and debarking hundreds of trees The tornado then continued moving north northeast and caused its worst damage in the western suburbs of Kalna where many homes were leveled One person lost their life in this area from a falling tree The tornado then turned to the northeast producing more tree damage before it is assumed to have dissipated after passing southeast of Herby where the supercell quickly produced another F3 tornado that struck Blachownia The parent supercell brought 4 centimetres 1 6 inches hail to some places while the tornado was in progress Mykanow tornado edit Mykanow tornadoF2 tornadoHighest winds113 157 mphMax rating1F2 tornadoFatalities40 injuries1Most severe tornado damage see Fujita scaleThe tornado struck the town of Mykanow at 16 20 UTC hitting the southern and the eastern part of the town causing damage to some houses some with the roof torn off The tornado probably touched down near Topolow or Radostkow but this may have been the same tornado that hit Blachownia causing F3 damage along its path The storm crossed national road 1 where a bus was turned and lifted into the air injuring the 40 people inside 10 seriously The tornado struck Grabowa and Boguslawice causing T4 F2 damage and low F1 damage in Kruszyna before it dissipated Effects editIn total 4 people were killed and about 770 buildings sustained damage 5 It was strongest tornado outbreak in Poland in many years Many downbursts occurred between Slovakia and Poland some with winds up to 140 150 km h causing severe damage to some towns and 2 deaths in Slovakia Large hail caused injuries and destruction in Poland the hail reached 8 9 cm but also 10 13 cm in diameter but this is not confirmed injuring 10 people and causing severe damage See also editAugust 2008 European tornado outbreakReferences edit Wiadomosci Opole Wydarzenia Opole opole naszemiasto pl Helge Tuschy Convective Basics and ESTOFEX European Storm Forecast Experiment Video www youtube com Retrieved 24 September 2020 Video www youtube com Retrieved 24 September 2020 Skutki nawa nic z lotu ptaka Polska Informacje portal TVN24 pl 18 08 2008 Archived from the original on 24 September 2009 Retrieved 31 December 2009 External links editScientist article BBC news Damages in Lubliniec Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Poland tornado outbreak amp oldid 1216538264, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
