Olivier Staiger
EF3
left Geneva Switzerland nov 3rd at 7pm with swiss meteorologist Dean Gill , drove to Genova Italy, met other chasers from Italy and Slovenia , storm started around midnight but slow first, not much activity, slept in car an hour near Portofino, then the things woke up and me too. shot nice lightning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_P7NSa9sg&feature=channel_video_title
later in the morning followed the slow moving storm to Genova.
Insane storm.
Got hit by weak landfalling tornadic waterspout . too much fun.
here is video of the wet spaghetti tornado just seconds before landfall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4yd7TbvCjY&feature=channel_video_title
it was a long thin needle rope dancing wildly under a rotating wallcloud/meso.
it went right over us and flipped over planter trays, in opposite direction with windshear.
first I did not realize it was the tornado on us, but as sudden wind direction change and intense rain hit me I jumped into the car to stay dry and protect the camera. Car was rocking with wind, then all of a sudden the wind and rain stopped and it was back to SE flow. The needle tornado had been swinging around the meso.
first time I chased dressed in black suit and necktie, had left limo drive work with no time to change.
sadly flash floods in Genova killed several people, caused huge damage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK_P7NSa9sg&feature=channel_video_title
later in the morning followed the slow moving storm to Genova.
Insane storm.
Got hit by weak landfalling tornadic waterspout . too much fun.
here is video of the wet spaghetti tornado just seconds before landfall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4yd7TbvCjY&feature=channel_video_title
it was a long thin needle rope dancing wildly under a rotating wallcloud/meso.
it went right over us and flipped over planter trays, in opposite direction with windshear.
first I did not realize it was the tornado on us, but as sudden wind direction change and intense rain hit me I jumped into the car to stay dry and protect the camera. Car was rocking with wind, then all of a sudden the wind and rain stopped and it was back to SE flow. The needle tornado had been swinging around the meso.
first time I chased dressed in black suit and necktie, had left limo drive work with no time to change.
sadly flash floods in Genova killed several people, caused huge damage.
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