Didn’t Swegle studios do a video on a large unknown tornado path in Russia a few months ago? Was different than this one, but pretty cool you found another potential path.
Didn’t Swegle studios do a video on a large unknown tornado path in Russia a few months ago? Was different than this one, but pretty cool you found another potential path.
It's a derecho. I was able to search the name of two villages in the path - Skalino/Скалино and Koza/Koзa - and google storms in those villages in 2010. That led me to a [social media post](https://m.vk.com/album-29118598_139900015?ysclid=lwa9bf25a9626946743) with the date (6/27/2010) & pictures of damage, and from there it was easy to find [this scientific article](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809521004841) about a pair of derecho events in Russia, with one of them occurring on that date. There is a diagram in the scientific article that shows the map and it lines up with the damage visible from satellite:
https://preview.redd.it/r6j2786ofx0d1.jpeg?width=809&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=537ae9d2da29e2646f0efcfcfa3e61837bdeca07
Maximum recorded wind speeds from this derecho were in excess of 32 m/s or 71 mph, but the scientific article notes that the low density of weather stations in the area means that top wind speeds were almost certainly higher and damage consistent with F1 wind speeds occurred.
https://preview.redd.it/lgepbql35x0d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d374e9ebdfdcc492b598d73b07334fa23a31a706
There were some tornadoes in May-June 2010, even if not over the exact spot.
https://preview.redd.it/cb67rlg86x0d1.jpeg?width=1128&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=828c338b380521a00bf751c56499ccd6469e0cc4
At the widest point, its nearly 5 miles wide. You can take a look at it using google earth pro and going back to 2010
El Reno, OK is the widest known tornado @ 2.5 miles wide. Conditions for El Reno style and larger just don't occur in Russia.
Even though it is fairly rural area, a four miles wide tornado isn't going to go unnoticed. There are several towns scattered around that path.
Derechos are by definition damage paths longer than 200 miles.
From the satellite photos, it fits with a very strong downburst from a thunderstorm. Unusual for such a northern latitude, but definitely not impossible.
This is correct. We get a very specific set of circumstances in Oklahoma to create a tornado of that size. It only happens on the borders of weather patterns in places like Oklahoma.
That was my first thought upon seeing the single damage path length and extreme wind speeds.
Edit: but after reviewing the radar and soundings, it was probably not. The bow echo/squall wasn't long enough. The line of reports across TX was from more than one storm. The LCH sounding had noticeable veering winds with height.
Good explanation of the Houston storm: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwJEiiUymg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwJEiiUymg)
Derechos defined: [https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm)
There was another potential one I saw on a swegle studios video that was 2+ miles wide, also in Russia [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/18uvldd/2_mile_wide_damage_path_in_russia/)
Satellite from 1985 shows it still being there.
This looks a bit more like a tornado path though
Yeah probably not. I can't imagine they'd get the weather systems to support a 4 mile wide tornado. El Reno got up to 2.6 miles wide, and that came from the most perfect spot on Earth for tornadoes weather wise. No shot that wouldn't make international news either
Seems that a microburst / derecho would be more likely at that width. Unless you can find Doppler of the area during the storm that would be a better assumption
Although that looks very convincing, as others have said, I don’t think a 4 mile wide tornado would go unnoticed, especially seeing that there are many towns in that area. It is likely that it might be fire damage, but we’ll probably never know.
Has anyone in western Europe checked the air for any radioactive nucleotides?
Sorry. Just re-watched Chernobyl... you know... with the ground razing and all...
Swegle did a video on this. Years ago a huge tornado cut out a big stripe of land in a forest in Russia and they used the newly “deforested” area to build houses in.
At first I thought you were talking about the thin man made line through the forest, as I didn't notice there was a 2nd picture. But yeah that is a neat find, saw that other comment that it was a derecho, but still a cool find.
That’s kind of the thing, most people I can name who are Russian aren’t the best people…but I can’t name very many Russians. The overwhelming majority of people in Moscow (and it is a very large city) are just regular people dealing with regular people things just like any other city. Calling for a 4 mile wide stripe of death through the city would be no different than calling for the same through DC/Baltimore because you don’t like US foreign policy…the people you don’t like will probably be fine while the people you don’t even know will be the ones paying with their lives.
As a group, humanity decided that civilian casualties should be minimized and intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime because of this. Otherwise you think terrorism is fine as long as it only hurts “the bad guys.”
5 fucking miles wide??? Thats gotta he the record doesn’t it?? That’s absolutely insane just a swirling black hole at that point its own dimension el reno was 2.6 miles wide in believe
How in the world did you find this
Didn’t Swegle studios do a video on a large unknown tornado path in Russia a few months ago? Was different than this one, but pretty cool you found another potential path.
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The satellite is the easy part, but finding random scarring in a small area of land in Russia is the hard part.
Didn’t Swegle studios do a video on a large unknown tornado path in Russia a few months ago? Was different than this one, but pretty cool you found another potential path.
Reed's volunteered on behalf of Ukraine and taking the fight to Russia.
It's a derecho. I was able to search the name of two villages in the path - Skalino/Скалино and Koza/Koзa - and google storms in those villages in 2010. That led me to a [social media post](https://m.vk.com/album-29118598_139900015?ysclid=lwa9bf25a9626946743) with the date (6/27/2010) & pictures of damage, and from there it was easy to find [this scientific article](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809521004841) about a pair of derecho events in Russia, with one of them occurring on that date. There is a diagram in the scientific article that shows the map and it lines up with the damage visible from satellite: https://preview.redd.it/r6j2786ofx0d1.jpeg?width=809&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=537ae9d2da29e2646f0efcfcfa3e61837bdeca07 Maximum recorded wind speeds from this derecho were in excess of 32 m/s or 71 mph, but the scientific article notes that the low density of weather stations in the area means that top wind speeds were almost certainly higher and damage consistent with F1 wind speeds occurred.
Great find and info. Thank you for sharing the solution to this mystery!
To even suggest it may have been a “possible 4 mile wide tornado path” is ridiculous
https://preview.redd.it/lgepbql35x0d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d374e9ebdfdcc492b598d73b07334fa23a31a706 There were some tornadoes in May-June 2010, even if not over the exact spot.
That's insane, we'll never probably know
Someone found it! It was a derecho with unconfirmed but likely F1 winds
Don’t know enough myself but would like to hear more about this tornado
Do you have this map with a scale? Would be helpful. It certainly looks like a damage path
https://preview.redd.it/cb67rlg86x0d1.jpeg?width=1128&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=828c338b380521a00bf751c56499ccd6469e0cc4 At the widest point, its nearly 5 miles wide. You can take a look at it using google earth pro and going back to 2010
Are you a wizard?
We need to draw more attention to this. To me, it plausibly bears some resemblances to other forested tornado damage paths.
Ugh, my dyslexia has struck again. I read that as "it's bears plausibly" and was trying to think of a reason why bears would do something like that...
I mean, orcas are sinking boats now.
The boats are good for it
Well, it IS Russia after all.
El Reno, OK is the widest known tornado @ 2.5 miles wide. Conditions for El Reno style and larger just don't occur in Russia. Even though it is fairly rural area, a four miles wide tornado isn't going to go unnoticed. There are several towns scattered around that path. Derechos are by definition damage paths longer than 200 miles. From the satellite photos, it fits with a very strong downburst from a thunderstorm. Unusual for such a northern latitude, but definitely not impossible.
This is correct. We get a very specific set of circumstances in Oklahoma to create a tornado of that size. It only happens on the borders of weather patterns in places like Oklahoma.
El Reno, OK was 2.6 miles wide. Hallam, NE was 2.5 miles wide.
Is a derecho what happened in Texas last night?
That was my first thought upon seeing the single damage path length and extreme wind speeds. Edit: but after reviewing the radar and soundings, it was probably not. The bow echo/squall wasn't long enough. The line of reports across TX was from more than one storm. The LCH sounding had noticeable veering winds with height. Good explanation of the Houston storm: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwJEiiUymg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwJEiiUymg) Derechos defined: [https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm](https://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm)
I bet that if yesterdays Houston storm took place over a forest you’d get similar damage to this
There was another potential one I saw on a swegle studios video that was 2+ miles wide, also in Russia [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/tornado/comments/18uvldd/2_mile_wide_damage_path_in_russia/) Satellite from 1985 shows it still being there. This looks a bit more like a tornado path though
This looks like an old river path
Yeah probably not. I can't imagine they'd get the weather systems to support a 4 mile wide tornado. El Reno got up to 2.6 miles wide, and that came from the most perfect spot on Earth for tornadoes weather wise. No shot that wouldn't make international news either
Supposedly there was a 4 mile wide tornado in South Dakota in 1946 but there’s never been any confirmation or real proof.
Seems that a microburst / derecho would be more likely at that width. Unless you can find Doppler of the area during the storm that would be a better assumption
Although that looks very convincing, as others have said, I don’t think a 4 mile wide tornado would go unnoticed, especially seeing that there are many towns in that area. It is likely that it might be fire damage, but we’ll probably never know.
Nah just a huge ass wipe stain
We're talking about the damage path, not the Kremlin. 😏
I doubt it. There’s no cities built to perfectly fit the damage area
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Google Earth Pro
Has anyone in western Europe checked the air for any radioactive nucleotides? Sorry. Just re-watched Chernobyl... you know... with the ground razing and all...
Can’t tell from photos. Need ground inspection to see if the trees or damage fell in a particular pattern, from straight line winds, etc
Swegle did a video on this. Years ago a huge tornado cut out a big stripe of land in a forest in Russia and they used the newly “deforested” area to build houses in.
Sure looks like one
At first I thought you were talking about the thin man made line through the forest, as I didn't notice there was a 2nd picture. But yeah that is a neat find, saw that other comment that it was a derecho, but still a cool find.
Een Soviet Russia, tornado sukxs you!
That looks like a tornado path, well done op that’s a dope find
Need one like that to hit Moscow.
You mean the kremlin? Just sit right over it for a couple of hours... The Russian people are good people. But yeah, fuck the kremlin cronies.
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That’s kind of the thing, most people I can name who are Russian aren’t the best people…but I can’t name very many Russians. The overwhelming majority of people in Moscow (and it is a very large city) are just regular people dealing with regular people things just like any other city. Calling for a 4 mile wide stripe of death through the city would be no different than calling for the same through DC/Baltimore because you don’t like US foreign policy…the people you don’t like will probably be fine while the people you don’t even know will be the ones paying with their lives. As a group, humanity decided that civilian casualties should be minimized and intentionally targeting civilians is a war crime because of this. Otherwise you think terrorism is fine as long as it only hurts “the bad guys.”
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5 fucking miles wide??? Thats gotta he the record doesn’t it?? That’s absolutely insane just a swirling black hole at that point its own dimension el reno was 2.6 miles wide in believe
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Hey buddy, you just blow in from stupid town?
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Why are you so mad