March 27th Deadly tornadoes over Hamburg

[Stuart Robinson]

So far 4 tornadoes reported included one that has tracked right across the urban area of Hamburg, Germany. There are reports of “significant damageâ€￾ as well as unfortunately two fatalities.

Image of the Hamburg tornado is here.

http://www.radiohamburg.de/neu/frameset/si...html?serie=3339

There is no formal warning system in Germany.

 

[Scott A. Kampas]

In German: http://www1.ndr.de/ndr_pages_std/0,2570,OID2439852,00.html

In English: http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticl...ANY-TORNADO.xml

 

[Alex Lamers]

Well ESTOFEX, the convective forecasting outfit out in Europe appeared to be on the ball as they had a threat area out and mentioned possible tornadoes in both the original outlook and an updated outlook.

http://www.estofex.org/