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selected: all reports of dust, sand- or steam devils, funnel clouds, gustnadoes, large hail, heavy rain, tornadoes, severe wind gusts in all countries, occurring between 10 05 2008 00:00 and 17 05 2008 00:00 GMT/UTC

reports of the last 7 days

number of selected reports: 35
Only the first 10 selected events are shown in the table

red: tornado, yellow: severe wind gusts, green: large hail, blue: heavy rain, white: funnel cloud, pink: gustnado, orange: dust devil

table of all selected reports

tornado

Saint-Gervais 45 km SW of Nantes, Vendée
France (46.9000 N, 2.02 W)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   16:00 UTC (+/- 3 hrs.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use where event was first observed: land
source: eyewitness report v. MétéoAlerte France, 15.05.2008; http://meteoalerte.com/france/
This report has not been verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

heavy rain

Sonnborn near Wuppertal, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany (51.2333 N, 7.0833 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   15:49 UTC (+/- 15 min.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
precipitation: 22.0 mm
duration of precipitation: 0.167 hr
source: eyewitness report v. Wetterzentrale Forum, 15.05.2008; http://www.wzforum.de/forum2/read.php?2,1343002,1343057 msg-1343057
This report has not been verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

large hail

n. Werkel near Fitzlar, Hessen
Germany (51.1500 N, 9.3000 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   14:45 UTC (+/- 5 min.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
maximum hail diameter: 3.0 cm
event duration at place of observation: 2 mins.
source: Skywarn DE Spotter report; Spotter Reports 15.05.2008; http://www.skywarn.de/meldungen/meldeformular/meldungen.php
This report has been partially verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

large hail

Gyömrö Pest
Hungary (47.4167 N, 19.4000 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   14:38 UTC (+/- 5 min.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
hailstorm for 10 minutes reported; source: eyewitness report (observation) v. METNET.hu,http://www.metnet.hu
This report has not been verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

large hail

Meschede Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany (51.3500 N, 8.2833 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   14:13 UTC (+/- 5 min.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
event duration at place of observation: 15 mins.
significant hail size, hail layer reported; source: Skywarn DE Spotter report; Spotter Reports 15.05.2008; http://www.skywarn.de/meldungen/meldeformular/meldungen.php
This report has been partially verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

large hail

Bromskirchen Hessen
Germany (51.0833 N, 8.6167 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   14:12 UTC (+/- 15 min.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
maximum hail diameter: 2.0 cm
average hail diameter: 1.5 cm
source: eyewitness report v. Unwetterzentrale Deutschland, 15.05.2008; www.unwetterzentrale.de
This report has not been verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

heavy rain

n. Schlettau Sachsen
Germany (50.5667 N, 12.9500 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   14:00 UTC (+/- 1 hrs.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
damages caused by local floods reported; source: Skywarn DE Spotter report v. Unwetterzentrale Deutschland, 15.05.2008; www.unwetterzentrale.de
This report has been partially verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

heavy rain

Witten Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany (51.4333 N, 7.3333 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   13:53 UTC (+/- 15 min.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
roads and cellars flooded; source: eyewitness report v. Unwetterzentrale Deutschland, 15.05.2008; www.unwetterzentrale.de
This report has not been verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

heavy rain

Zwickau Sachsen
Germany (50.7333 N, 12.5000 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   13:00 UTC (+/- 15 min.)

based on: information from a report on a website, an eye-witness report
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
roads flooded (Skywarn DE Spotter Report) source: eyewitness report v. Unwetterzentrale Deutschland, 15.05.2008; www.unwetterzentrale.de
This report has been partially verified.
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESSL) [e-mail]

tornado

Dubicko
Czech Republic (49.8333 N, 16.9333 E)
15 05 2008 (Thursday)   12:30 UTC (+/- 5 min.)

based on: information from a newspaper report, a report on a website, a report received by e-mail
land use: land
land use where event was first observed: land
total event duration: 15 min.
http://www.novinky.cz/clanek/139993-obrazem-tornado-na-morave.html
This report has not been verified.
contact: Lukas Ronge [e-mail]

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