Japan - tornado? strong wind in Chiba, Ibaraki prefectures

[makoto]

tornado? strong wind in Chiba, Ibaraki prefectures

Gale batters Ibaraki

Gale-force winds damaged buildings in Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Monday afternoon. No injuries have been reported......

Monday, April 25, 2011 19:44 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/25_27.html

Kashiwa city, Chiba prefecture


Kashiwa and Kamagaya city, Chiba prefecture

Toride city, Ibaraki prefecture
Yomiuri online

Kamagaya city, Chiba prefecture

Toride city, Ibaraki prefecture

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[Emily]

Re: Japan - tornado? strong wind in Chiba, Ibaraki prefectures

That is certainly the last thing Japan needs right now. I was wondering how unusual this having never heard about tornadoes striking Japan and found this historical study:

http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/1520-0442%281997%29010%3C1730%3AASSOTA%3E2.0.CO%3B2
J O U R N A L O F C L I M A T E VOLUME 10
1997 American Meteorological Society
A Statistical Study of Tornadoes and Waterspouts in Japan from 1961 to 1993
HIROSHI NIINO AND TOKUNOSUKE FUJITANI
Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
NOBUYUKI WATANABE
Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan
(Manuscript received 16 May 1996, in final form 5 November 1996)

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - tornado? strong wind in Chiba, Ibaraki prefectures

more than 10 times happen every year



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[makoto]

Re: Japan - tornado and gust front in Chiba, Ibaraki prefectures

Re: Japan - tornado and gust front in Chiba, Ibaraki prefectures

Preliminary Estimates

gust front: Ibaraki prefecture
tornado: Chiba prefecture
unknown: Iwaki city, Fukushima pref(4/16) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwaki,_Fukushima


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Toride city, Ibaraki prefecture
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