There have been 291 confirmed tornadic events reported in Europe in 2022.
Countries not listed in this table have no reported tornadoes thus far in 2022.
A brief tornado caused damage in Sandnes. Roof tiles ripped off, wooden fencing downed. An outhouse was picked up by the winds and turned upside down. Trees was uprooted, and small twigs were broken off. The tornado reached 30 meters wide.
A high-end F1 tornado damaged multiple points of interest in Casekow. A farm area and farmhouse were badly damaged. Roof and solar panels were lifted and thrown, with parts shred to pieces. Heavy damage was reported in a small, nearby forest, with trees debranched and snapped.
Significant tornadic damage reported. Some buildings almost fully destroyed. A brick cowshed collapsed, killing a bull inside. Debarked trees and structural damages indicated strong F2 damage.
Tornadic wind damage was spotted in Krzykosy and Cząstków. At least 6 households were damaged in both villages. Power transmission lines destroyed, and damage to roofs or completely destroyed roofs occurred.
An outbuilding and a garage were nearly fully destroyed along with a roof of a cowshed with 50 cows living inside the building. Forests were damaged in a rotating pattern in the immediate area as well.
Buildings were almost fully destroyed, with farmland and insulation layers also damaged. Some walls partly collapsed, and heavy damage to roofs was reported in the area as well.
Damage to multiple residential and outbuildings, especially to roofs, a few of which have been completely destroyed. An agricultural trailer has been partially overturned. A few acacias have been damaged to the north-west of the village and a willow tree has been downed to the east.
A lot of damage to structures (damaged or destroyed roofs in particular) occurred with debris scattered around. A local forest was partially destroyed. Cars dented, Car windows broken.
Several buildings were destroyed, others had walls partially collapsed. Some ducks were killed under a heavily damaged foil tunnel. Many trees were uprooted and snapped.
A roof of a residential building was partially damaged with wooden beams and metal sheets blown at least 150 metres away from a residential building. A few trees were also damaged.
Multiple trees have been damaged or snapped around the area of Korytkowska street. Debris, likely from small structures in the area, has been scattered in a path towards the north-east. Numerous damage occurred in the villages of Korytków and Chlebów, which are to the east of the previously mentioned area.
Trucks and trailers were overturned. Roofs nearly entirely torn off from residential buildings. Roofs elements (sheet metal, warming) stuck on the nearby trees.
Roofs were damaged or destroyed in the village. In one case, a wooden beam was stuck into the elevation of a building. Trees in a nearby forest were destroyed in a converging pattern, indicative of tornadic high-end F1 damage.
Two injuries - Numerous houses, outbuildings and trees were damaged. Power transmition and communication lines were destroyed. A 65-year-old woman sustained head injuries by a falling roof truss. Her 16-year-old grandson was injured by broken window glass.
At least 2 roofs damaged. One of a residential building, ripped apart and scattered for a distance of ~150 metres. The other of a nearby outbuilding, partially torn off.
In some parts of the villages roof debris was scattered 400m or more. Buildings were almost fully destroyed, walls collapsed and roofs torn off. A forest was destroyed, with many trees snapped or uprooted.
Two trucks were overturned on A1 highway near Sierosław. One of the drivers sustained injuries. Almost all buildings in the village sustained damage, roofs destroyed and damage to windows and insulation layers. One person was injured.
2 deaths – A crane was overturned causing two fatalities, construction workers on the ground, and two more people were injured. A roof of a Biedronka supermarket on Półłanki street was heavily damaged. Some cars were damaged by fallen elements of the roof. Two people were injured.
Snapped and downed power lines. Crops damaged or destroyed. Greenhouses' roof and wall coverings damaged and torn off (broken in cases of glass coverings). Greenhouses' frames damaged and collapsed, some greenhouses completely destroyed.
Damage to trees, (broken branches, some trees entirely downed). Road impassable (100 m). Greenhouses' roof and wall coverings damaged and/or torn off, frames damaged and collapsed, some greenhouses completely destroyed. Crops damaged and/or destroyed.
Trees damaged or downed. Crops and vegetation damaged and/or destroyed. Damage to power and telecommunication infrastructure. Greenhouses' coverings damaged and torn off, frames damaged and partly collapsed. Houses with damage ranging from some roof tiles blown away to broken windows and partly collapsed walls. Upper structure oh a weak building got ripped off and blown away. A mosques tower has collapsed as well.
Damage to trees. 2 police cars damaged by trees falling on them. Several roofs damaged, especially roof of a local high school. A street lamp has been downed.
A waterspout that came onshore. Crops have been damaged or destroyed. Greenhouses' coverings damaged and torn off in some places, glass windows smashed, frames damaged and partially collapsed. Two cows have been reported to have been lifted off of the ground.
Field covers lifted and whirled in the air, some of them hit a power line and the resulting short circuit burned them in half. A cyclist has been slightly injured when the tornado knocked her bike.
Damage reported in Beek, Spaubeek, and Schinnen. One roof partly collapsed, and multiple other roofs were damaged (rooftiles/roofing blown off). Multiple trees were downed, and many branches were blown off. Cars dented, and car windows and windshields broken.
Large, damaging tornado observed in Lippstadt. Heavy damage to trees, cars and buildings. Cars damaged beyond repair. Large trees uprooted and branches broken, and roofs destroyed.
Damaging tornado in Paderborn. Damages include roads impassible, cars damaged beyond repair, trucks and/or trailers overturned, trees uprooted or snapped. 43 people were injured, 13 of whom sustained serious injuries.
Tornado damaged several roofs extensively and uprooted/snapped dozens of trees in Ovenhausen and Lütmarsen. Unspecified car damage was also reported. Two people were injured in relation to this tornado.
Sheet metal roof ripped off, Trees uprooted or lost large branches & heavy trailers weighing 7.5 tons were overturned. The tornado caused power outages as well
This tornado is the most intense recorded for the Cévennes, with an average altitude of 1250 m. It is one of the highest altitude tornadoes observed in France. It ravaged no less than 4 hectares of forest, and caused moderate damage to several homes and agricultural buildings. It is also one of the only 3 tornadoes observed in the department of Lozère since 1900.
About forty homes affected: collapsed chimneys, bent aerials, flying tiles, bare roofs, sections of fence walls or gratings on the ground; remote projections of objects offering strong wind resistance (toys, garden furniture, trampoline, sheet metal).
Uprooted or cut trees; a damaged roof (portion of roofing swept away over approximately 400 m²) and projection of debris at a short distance; a twisted and overturned concrete electric pole.
A high-end F1 tornado caused major damage to structures in the village of Ol'govka. Numerous residential buildings were damaged, most of which were poorly-built homes.
Over 200 structures were damaged or destroyed as a result of this strong wedge tornado. Many residential structures had roofs torn off, and some sustained collapse of their exterior walls, but most of these structures were poorly-built homes. Numerous trees were downed, and high-voltage power lines were also damaged or destroyed.
2 deaths — This high-end F1 tornado impacted an automotive technical college in the city, causing significant damage as the roof of a dormitory building was torn off. Other buildings suffered roof damage, cars were damaged by flying debris and falling trees, and streets were left strewn with debris. A student was killed after being struck in the abdomen by a piece of roof, which entered through a nearby window. The student was reportedly filming the tornado during that time. Another victim was found under a downed tree near the college.
1 death — The tornado caused significant damage to the city of Buryn, where many homes and apartment buildings sustained major structural damage. Many residential buildings had their roofs torn off, and several had destroyed exterior walls. One fatality occurred when a wall fell onto a person. Many trees were snapped and stripped of limbs, cars were tossed, and metal pylons were toppled along a set of railroad tracks. A gas station was also damaged, and debris was scattered throughout the damage path. About 10,000 customers were left without electricity, and eight injuries occurred from this tornado. The European Severe Storms Laboratory initially rated this tornado F2, though it was upgraded to F3 on September 21, based on severe structural damage to well-built brick buildings.
Homes and other buildings were damaged, some of which had roofs torn off. Numerous large trees were snapped or uprooted in wooded areas, and large power line pylons were bent.
The tornado damaged or destroyed power and telecommunication lines. Homes sustained major damage to their roofs, and many trees were snapped or uprooted.
A strong tornado occurred in a forest, flattening a swath of trees. Large branches were broken, large trees were snapped or uprooted, and roads were left closed and impassible.
An F1/IF1 tornado started as a waterspout, making landfall NE of sandve, sweeping away a poorly built sheep barn & damaging the roof of an ocean lodge. This tornado was part of the 2022 baltic sea/scandinavia derecho.
an F1/IF1 hit Brevikstranda, blowing away a playhouse & snapping or uprooting svereal trees. This tornado was part of the 2022 baltic sea/scandinavia derecho.
October 20
List of confirmed tornadoes – Thursday, October 20, 2022
Trees of all sizes uprooted or broken; branches carried away a short distance; knocked down telephone poles and torn wires; small portions of house roofs washed away and ridges torn off; remote garden elements (fences, chalets, pergola, deckchairs); carport of a blown motorhome; throwing trash cans
Small trees uprooted, main branches split or torn (conifers and deciduous trees), three cut telephone poles, 2 roofs of garden sheds torn off (one of them was found 200 meters away)
With a total trajectory of 47.6 kilometres, it ranks 5th among French tornadoes with the longest course, among the 686 cases recorded on the ESWD. Considerable damage occurred, including the partial destruction of 2 storey frame house.
On October 23, 2022, at 4:31 p.m. local time, a low end F1 was observed in the Seine valley, more particularly in Muids (Eure). The phenomenon, which travels nearly 13 kilometers, temporarily dissipates before making landfall a second time in Puchay (Eure), starting point of the F3 tornado of Bihucourt (Pas-de-Calais) with an extraordinary trajectory of 206 kilometers.
At 6:19 p.m. local time, a EF3/F3/IF3 devastated part of the village of Bihucourt, in Pas-de-Calais. If the material damage is considerable, no serious injuries are to be deplored. Above all, the Bihucourt tornado traveled an extraordinary trajectory of 206 kilometers between Normandy and Belgian Hainaut, thus largely beating the previous record of 81.1 km held by the F4 tornado of Saint-Claude (Jura) of August 19, 1890. This trajectory even seems unprecedented on a European scale. Only 11 tornadoes since 1960 around the world have traveled at least 200 km, including 10 in the USA. This tornado was rated EF3 by the French Observatory of Violent Tornadoes, Keraunos, and F3 by the European Severe Storms Laboratory along with a rating of IF3 on the new International Fujita scale.
Buildings sustained heavy roof damage, including two factories that sustained loss of exterior walls & roof. A car was flipped a couple 10 meters off the road & a truck was moved. A repeater tower collapsed. 3 people sustained injuries.
A barn was tilted & lost some roof tiles. Trees were uprooted & lost large branches. Homes sustained roof loss & a small metal powerline were bent & twisted
Pines cut halfway up, large deciduous branches uprooted, a small tree uprooted, lean-to destroyed, palisade and gate torn out, bay windows of a veranda projected inside, slates dislodged.
Uprooted or cut trees; small garden shed projected at a short distance; tiles, slates and ridge tiles removed from small portions of roofs; damaged shed or outbuilding roofs; a bent metal post; a collapsed courtyard; sections of roof (with structural elements) of the fire station torn off; garden furniture taken away; projections of sheets, branches, and glass wool at a short distance.
Small trees uprooted or branches broken; sectioned conifer; a building serving as a shed, collapsed; sheets of outbuildings torn out and carried away; damaged roofs; small garden buildings partly demolished; roof of an outbuilding torn off in a single block (significant wind resistance).
Tornado from a waterspout. Large branches broken, trees uprooted, several roofs of houses affected (slates and ridge tiles washed away on a small portion), a veranda partly blown away, wall in overturned breeze blocks, garden chalet destroyed, garden furniture washed away.
Waterspout hit land, tracking for 17 kilometres, reaching 300 meters wide. Considerable damage occurred. Three camping sites severely damaged with roulottes moved or destroyed, a steel power truss ripped from the ground and moved for 40 meters while other power poles were downed or snapped. Trees were uprooted or snapped, roofs seriously damaged or partially ripped off. farm buildings were severely damaged, with some weak buildings being completely destroyed. Cars were moved and seriously damaged
This F1 Tornado tracked 13 kilometres, reaching 100 meters wide. Trees were uprooted or snapped, one of which were dragged onto the road. Traffic signs were destroyed & cars were damaged by downed trees & branches.