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After days of investigation, Czech scientists confirmed that damage which was estimated to be as high as 100 million crowns was done by unbelievably strong tornado in this area.Tornado was officially rated as F3 and one fatality was atrributed to it . Here is the page in which you can find photos of damage and also description of situation: click here - this website is from Czech hydrometeorologic institute As it is in the Czech language you may benefit only from the damage photos- click on them to make them bigger , so you can easily notice the type of damage.As it is in the language which is unfamiliar with you , I will translate some interesting sections.Witnesses unanimously agreed on the fact that they did see huge funnel approaching them . In the damage photos you may have noticed that buildings standing nearby are completely unharmed and this proves that it was tornado. Several people encountered the tornado during driving - they said that they were sliding on the road from side to side and they were in the whirl of water, leaves , dust and branches.The interesting matter is also that smaller trees were carried by several meters.
Further damage photos....www.djax.cz/litovel/
www.djax.cz/litovel/galerie1/index.html
Soundings from the Prague at that daywww.chmu.cz/torn/cases/20040609/2004090612_11520.png
500 hPa geopotential....www.chmu.cz/torn/cases/20040609/G500mslp_00_f.png
Radar .....www.chmu.cz/torn/cases/20040609/radar200406091440.png
After days of investigation, Czech scientists confirmed that damage which was estimated to be as high as 100 million crowns was done by unbelievably strong tornado in this area.Tornado was officially rated as F3 and one fatality was atrributed to it . Here is the page in which you can find photos of damage and also description of situation: click here - this website is from Czech hydrometeorologic institute As it is in the Czech language you may benefit only from the damage photos- click on them to make them bigger , so you can easily notice the type of damage.As it is in the language which is unfamiliar with you , I will translate some interesting sections.Witnesses unanimously agreed on the fact that they did see huge funnel approaching them . In the damage photos you may have noticed that buildings standing nearby are completely unharmed and this proves that it was tornado. Several people encountered the tornado during driving - they said that they were sliding on the road from side to side and they were in the whirl of water, leaves , dust and branches.The interesting matter is also that smaller trees were carried by several meters.
Further damage photos....www.djax.cz/litovel/
www.djax.cz/litovel/galerie1/index.html
Soundings from the Prague at that daywww.chmu.cz/torn/cases/20040609/2004090612_11520.png
500 hPa geopotential....www.chmu.cz/torn/cases/20040609/G500mslp_00_f.png
Radar .....www.chmu.cz/torn/cases/20040609/radar200406091440.png
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