List of European tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

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These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in Europe.

Event Date Area Tornadoes Casualties Notes
Rosdalla, Ireland Tornado April 30, 1054 Ireland - - Earliest known European tornado
London Tornado of 1091 October 23, 1091 England - - Earliest known and perhaps strongest British tornado
Vyšehrad Tornado of 1119 July 30, 1119 Vyšehrad, Czechia - - Earliest known and perhaps strongest Czech tornado which destroyed palace of Czech duke at Vyšehrad now in Prague
Czech Tornado of 1144 May 14, 1144 Czechia 2 - Two tornadoes near military camp of duke Oto
Prague Tornado of 1255 April 8, 1255 Prague, Czechia - - Tornado at Prague Castle
Valetta, Malta Tornado September 23, 1551 (or 1556) Malta - ≈600 fatalities Perhaps deadliest European tornado
Neznašov, Czech Tornado July 6, 1585 Czechia - - -
Augsburg, Germany Tornado July 2, 1587 Germany - -
La Rochelle - Paris, France Tornadoes September 1669 France - - Longest track tornado family in Europe
Utrecht, Netherlands Tornado August 1, 1674 Utrecht, Netherlands - - Destroyed part of the Dom Tower of Utrecht.
Woldegk, Germany Tornado June 29, 1764 Germany - -
Hainichen, Germany Tornado April 23, 1800 Germany - -
Fernhill Heath - Hampshire, England Tornadoes September 22, 1810 England - - Widest known and perhaps strongest British tornadoes
Southsea, UK Tornado December 14, 1810 England - - Perhaps strongest British tornado
Seine - Maritime, France Tornado August 19, 1845 France - 70-200 fatalities Perhaps strongest European tornado
Sicily, Italy Tornadoes December 1851 Sicily, Italy 2 ≈500 fatalities Among deadliest European tornadoes
Brno, Czech Tornado October 13, 1870 Brno, Moravia - - Detailed scientific description by Gregor Mendel
Vienna, Austria Tornado June 29, 1873 Vienna, Austria - Many fatalities
Tay Estuary, Scotland Tornado December 28, 1879 Scotland - 79 fatalities Waterspout took out central section of Tay Bridge killing all on board of a passing train
Javaugues, France Tornado June 3, 1902 France - 1 fatality Widest known European tornado
Moscow, Russia Tornadoes June 29, 1904 Moscow, Russia ≥2 ≥30 fatalities
Barry - Chester, U.K. Tornado October 27, 1913 Wales - England - Several fatalities Perhaps deadliest British tornadic supercell
Wiener Neustadt, Austria Tornado July 10, 1916 Wiener Neustadt, Austria - 32 fatalities, 300+ injured Deadliest and strongest known Austrian supercell tornado. (F3/T7)
Borculo, Netherlands Tornado August 10, 1925 Gelderland, Netherlands - 3 fatalities
Lichtenvoorde - Neede - Tubbergen, Netherlands Tornado June 1, 1927 Netherlands - Germany - 10 fatalities
Po - Udine, Italy Tornado July 24, 1930 Italy - ≥23 fatalities Perhaps strongest European tornado struck tornadicly active area of Italy
Loray, Doubs Tornado June 9, 1935 Doubs, France - -
Buckinghamshire - Cambridgeshire, England Tornadoes May 21, 1950 UK - - Longest known British tornado/tornado family
Veluwe, Gelderland - Haulerwijk, Friesland, Netherlands Tornadoes August 23, 1950 Gelderland - Friesland, Netherlands - -
Castelo Branco, Portugal Tornado November 6, 1954 Portugal - 4 fatalities, 200 injuries
Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland Tornado May 15, 1958 Poland - 3 fatalities, >100 injuries
Parma, Italy Tornado July 4, 1965 Italy ≥1 25 fatalities, 160 injuries
Western Europe Tornado Outbreaks of 1967 June 24 - 25, 1967 France - Netherlands - Belgium - ≥15 fatalities Same storm system produced two destructive outbreaks with fatalities in three countries
German Black Forest Tornado July 10, 1968 Germany - 3 fatalities
Nicosia, Cyprus Tornadoes December 22, 1969 Cyprus Several 4 fatalities Waterspouts (probably tornadic) came ashore
Venice, Italy Tornado Outbreak September 11, 1970 Italy Several 47 fatalities
Ameland Island, Netherlands Tornado August 11, 1972 Friesland, Netherlands - 7 fatalities, 90 injuries
Moerdijk, Netherlands Tornado October 6, 1981 North Brabant, Netherlands - 17 fatalities NLM Cityhopper Flight 431 encountered tornado shortly after takeoff and crashed
Gwynedd - Humberside - Essex Tornado Outbreak November 21, 1981 UK 105 0 fatalities Largest known European outbreak though predominately weak tornadoes
Ivanova - Yaroslav, Russia Tornado Outbreak June 9, 1984 Western Russia - >400 fatalities
Ameland Island, Netherlands Tornado August 17, 1992 Friesland, Netherlands - 1 fatality
Birmingham, UK Tornado July 28, 2005 Birmingham, England - -
Hamburg, Germany Tornado Outbreak March 27, 2006 Germany 8 2 fatalities
Central Europe Tornado Outbreak May 20, 2006 Germany ≥12 Some Injuries
August 2006 UK Tornado Outbreaks August 16 - 18, 2006 United Kingdom - 8 Injuries At least 4 tornadoes
August 2006 Mainland Europe Outbreak August 21, 2006 Western Europe - 38 Injuries At least 7 confirmed tornadoes, a further 4 unconfirmed others
London Tornado of 2006 December 07, 2006 London, United Kingdom - 6 injuries

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