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According to the European Severe Storms Laboratory, there have been 49 confirmed tornadoes in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin in 2025, resulting in 0 fatalities and 1 injury. Note that non-damaging waterspouts are included in this number but not elsewhere and that ESWD data includes Europe as well as surrounding regions. [1]
The Tehama County, California EFU tornado on January 3, 2025.. From January 3 to January 7 of 2025, a major winter storm passed over the contiguous United States.The storm system made landfall on January 3 over the West Coast of the United States, [4] where it produced the first tornado of the year, a brief EFU tornado in rural Tehama County, California, which caused no damage.
While most tornadoes attain winds of less than 110 miles per hour (180 km/h), are about 250 feet (80 m) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers), the wind speeds in the most intense tornadoes can reach 300 miles per hour (480 km/h), are more than two miles (3 km) in diameter, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 km).
Each year, more than 2,000 tornadoes are recorded worldwide, with the vast majority occurring in North America and Europe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] To assess the intensity of these events, meteorologist Ted Fujita devised a method to estimate maximum wind speeds within tornadic storms based on the damage caused; this became known as the Fujita scale .
Around 30 tornadoes a year are reported in the UK. These are typically small and very short-lived but can cause structural damage if they pass over built-up areas.
This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by the European Severe Storms Laboratory or various governments or universities across Europe during 2024.Unlike the United States, the original Fujita Scale and the TORRO scale are used to rank tornadoes across the continent.
The Super Tuesday outbreak of Feb. 5-6, 2008, had the most tornadoes for a single February event, with 86 confirmed over 10 states responsible for 57 tornado-related deaths. Five tornadoes were ...
F3 tornado. [24] 1967 Western Europe tornado outbreak: 24–25 June 1967: France – Netherlands – Belgium - Germany: 7: 15 - 20 fatalities, 112 injured: From 24 to 25 June 1967, a violent tornado outbreak struck western Europe. The event started with an unrated tornado which occurred near Jüterbog in eastern Germany at around noon.