Incredible italian tornado hit Venice

[Andrea Griffa]

Hi all

I just wanted to let you guys know that this morning at 11 am an incredible tornado did hit the eastern portion of Venice, with damage reported from Sant'Elena Isle to Sant'Erasmo Isle.
The tornado came from a rotating supercell with a large occluded meso.
Take a look at a little article I made on my new site, waiting for my chasers friends on the damage path.

http://www.cacciatoriditornado.it/Tornado,_temporali,_stormchasers/News/News.html

Clic on l'incredibile tornado di Venezia.

 

[Mike Johnston]

Thanks, Andrea. Saw footage on TWC and it looked like a rather large tornado. Do you know if it did any damage to Venice proper - particularly the historic sites?

 

[Andrea Griffa]

Thanks, Andrea. Saw footage on TWC and it looked like a rather large tornado. Do you know if it did any damage to Venice proper - particularly the historic sites?

Thankfully the main historic site is one mile to the west and it was not hit by the tornado! Anyway every kind of building in those zones is a precious property and I have news of damage out there.

 

[Mike Johnston]

Thankfully the main historic site is one mile to the west and it was not hit by the tornado! Anyway every kind of building in those zones is a precious property and I have news of damage out there.

I hope it didn't hit Burano, which looks like it could have been in the path assuming it was moving northeast. One of the most beautiful little fishing villages I've ever seen.

 

[Andrea Griffa]

I hope it didn't hit Burano, which looks like it could have been in the path assuming it was moving northeast. One of the most beautiful little fishing villages I've ever seen.

I don't think so, 'cause probably the tornado lifted before