Meteorological environment of a tornado outbreak in Southern Romania

On 7 May 2005, a squall line with an embedded bow echo formed over Southern Romania causing severe wind damage. The length of the wind damage was around 150 km. Three tornadoes have been reported, two of them being recorded by video camera. One of the tornadoes occurred in Buftea (near Bucharest), t...

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Main Authors: I. C. Oprea, A. Bell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-04-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/9/609/2009/nhess-9-609-2009.pdf