Marko Korosec
EF4
Hello all,
I would need some help from experts to decide if the damage was made by tornado or by downburst.
We had a severe weather day on Thursday, with a possible tornado at one location. Here is a news report:
In municipality of Kidricevo strong wind caused a lot of damage, roofs were blown off, hundreds of trees down. There was also a lot of houses badly damages, chimneys, walls...
A friend of mine was there on that area and took these pictures (© thorr, Slovenia):
This is a view to the area from south:

Photos of trees down, rural fields damage:









Some trees were also blown in the opposite direction from the others:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5137/dsc042185ot.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7327/dsc042171ib.jpg
Destruction deep in the forest:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9954/dsc042335xx.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8559/dsc042357vm.jpg
Narrow zone where almost all was destroyed:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/720/dsc042369zr.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/9889/dsc042602fo.jpg
Very sharp boundary where lot of damage trees is down, but behind them they are not even touched:
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/7913/dsc042559bm.jpg
More photos of the damage:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3892/dsc042395xc.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8532/dsc042405mn.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5184/dsc042438rx.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/113/dsc042467dg.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/5278/dsc042489kq.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5219/dsc042505pk.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5970/dsc042546ku.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9493/dsc042561dm.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/6350/dsc042576qc.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/5291/dsc042591cj.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1254/dsc042616qj.jpg
There was a lot of damage in the closest village Apace <2000m away from the location above.
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/7493/dsc042634ev.jpg
Here is a link from our TV news report, it is in Slovenian but you would see the video:
http://24ur.com/naslovnica/novice/slovenij...77_16121221.php
Here are some things which he reported besides the pics:
1) most of the trees down is in the same direction (towards south)
2) its hard to say the path of destruction, small areas of trees are scaterred in all directions
3) if you look at the whole area, there is a path with sharp edges of almost total destruction at one area of the forest
4) some of the trees are in different directions
5) area of destruction is just 500-1000m wide
Thanks for any kind of help. If you guys need some more informations, just ask! I have radar and satellite images, including the sounding diagram which my help.
I personally am more into downburst damage, especially after sounding diagram.
Best regards,
Marko
I would need some help from experts to decide if the damage was made by tornado or by downburst.
We had a severe weather day on Thursday, with a possible tornado at one location. Here is a news report:
In municipality of Kidricevo strong wind caused a lot of damage, roofs were blown off, hundreds of trees down. There was also a lot of houses badly damages, chimneys, walls...
A friend of mine was there on that area and took these pictures (© thorr, Slovenia):
This is a view to the area from south:

Photos of trees down, rural fields damage:









Some trees were also blown in the opposite direction from the others:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5137/dsc042185ot.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7327/dsc042171ib.jpg
Destruction deep in the forest:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/9954/dsc042335xx.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8559/dsc042357vm.jpg
Narrow zone where almost all was destroyed:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/720/dsc042369zr.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/9889/dsc042602fo.jpg
Very sharp boundary where lot of damage trees is down, but behind them they are not even touched:
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/7913/dsc042559bm.jpg
More photos of the damage:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3892/dsc042395xc.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/8532/dsc042405mn.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5184/dsc042438rx.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/113/dsc042467dg.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/5278/dsc042489kq.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5219/dsc042505pk.jpg
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5970/dsc042546ku.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9493/dsc042561dm.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/6350/dsc042576qc.jpg
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/5291/dsc042591cj.jpg
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/1254/dsc042616qj.jpg
There was a lot of damage in the closest village Apace <2000m away from the location above.
http://img270.imageshack.us/img270/7493/dsc042634ev.jpg
Here is a link from our TV news report, it is in Slovenian but you would see the video:
http://24ur.com/naslovnica/novice/slovenij...77_16121221.php
Here are some things which he reported besides the pics:
1) most of the trees down is in the same direction (towards south)
2) its hard to say the path of destruction, small areas of trees are scaterred in all directions
3) if you look at the whole area, there is a path with sharp edges of almost total destruction at one area of the forest
4) some of the trees are in different directions
5) area of destruction is just 500-1000m wide
Thanks for any kind of help. If you guys need some more informations, just ask! I have radar and satellite images, including the sounding diagram which my help.
I personally am more into downburst damage, especially after sounding diagram.
Best regards,
Marko