Bulahdelah tornado

Infobox tornado single
name = Bulahdelah Tornado
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date = 1 January 1970
time =
fujitascale = F?
total damages (USD) = Unknown
total fatalities = None
area affected = BulahdelahThe Bulahdelah Tornado was an intense tornado which passed near the town of Bulahdelah (Convert|98|km|mi|0 by road north-northeast of Newcastle), New South Wales on 1 January, 1970, and was the most destructive tornado ever reported in Australia. It is thought to be least F4 or F5 on the Fujita scale however no official rating has been made public [cite web |title = Tornadoes of Australia and New Zealand |url = http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/storm/tornadoes-aunzea.htm |publisher = The Weather Doctor |accessdate = 2008-04-05] [cite web |title = 23 September 2003: Australian thunderstorm climatology |url = http://www.bom.gov.au/bmrc/clfor/cfstaff/jmb/03Sept23a.htm |publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |accessdate = 2008-04-05] .

The tornado left a damage path Convert|21|km|mi|0 long and 1–1.6 km (0.6–1 mi) wide through the Bulahdelah State Forest. According to reports, it threw a two ton tractor Convert|100|m|ft|0|abbr=on through the air, depositing it upside down. It is estimated that the tornado destroyed over one million trees [cite web |title = Observing tornadoes, dust devils, whirl winds, water spouts and land spouts |url = http://australiasevereweather.com/techniques/moreadv/funnels.htm |publisher = Australian Severe Weather |accessdate = 2008-04-05] . The weather system that produced the tornado was a classic setup for violent tornadoes, something somewhat rarely seen outside of the United States, Canada, Bangladesh, and adjacent areas of India.

See also

*List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
**List of Southern Hemisphere tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

References