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Danzhou, China – EF2

29 August 2019 · Haikou / Z9898 · CINRAD observed radar volumes
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Tornado details

Danzhou, China · 29 August 2019

China

Location
Nada town, Danzhou, Hainan
Survey rating
EF2 EF rating reported by the cited field investigation
Local time · 29 August 2019
Around 04:03 China Standard Time (UTC+8)
UTC
Around 20:03 UTC · 28 August
Time on the ground
About 6 minutes
Track length
About 5 km overall; survey reports a 1.8 km section with unclear damage
Maximum width
About 400 m
Survey wind estimate
Damage-based rating; no surface wind measurement inferred from radar

Event & radar context

Tornado associated with the outer rainbands of Typhoon Podul. Local date is 29 August; radar times are on 28 August UTC. 19 real radar volumes with context before and after the event. Timeline length is not tornado duration. Raw radial velocity may contain aliasing and is not storm-relative. No path has been inferred from the radar.

Interpreting the rating

F, EF and IF are different damage-rating scales. Original source labels are preserved. Badge colours group the numerical categories for browsing; they do not imply identical wind thresholds. Radar products do not directly establish the damage rating.

Event facts: Foshan Tornado Research Center · 2019 annual field-survey review ↗