Japan - tornado? strong wind in Fukuoka prefecture

[makoto]

tornado? strong wind in Fukuoka prefecture

AM 06:41, 21 Aug

Minami ward, Fukuoka city

Hakata ward, Fukuoka city

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshita_Station

shiobara central park
Shiobara 2, Minami ward, Fukuoka city

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[Emily]

Re: Japan - tornado? strong wind in Fukuoka prefecture

The first photo of the huge funnel clouds is amazing, especially since there seems to be a luminous quality to them.

It was the first photo of something like that that I have seen, but apparently similar phenomena have been observed:

http://collegetimes.us/on-the-electromagnetic-basis-of-tornadoes/

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - tornado in Fukuoka prefecture

Re: Japan - tornado in Fukuoka prefecture

Preliminary Estimates

Kurume city, Fukuoka pref: tornado
Fukuoka city, Fukuoka pref: tornado

*note: google Traduction

Kurume city

Fukuoka city

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Tornado hits northern Kyushu leaving 1 dead, 3 boats capsized

FUKUOKA -- A tornado and strong winds hit the northern Kyushu region and Yamaguchi Prefecture on the morning of Aug. 21, leaving one dead and another missing......

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2011/08/22/20110822p2a00m0na006000c.html

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jma by google Traduction http://translate.google.co.jp/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=ja&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.data.jma.go.jp%2Fobd%2Fstats%2Fdata%2Fbosai%2Ftornado%2Fnew%2Flist_new.html