Paderborn tornado, 20 May 2022 — video still at 0:43Photo: Marco Kaschuba & WetterMelder Deutschland · Source. Still image; lossless WebP conversion.- Location
- Wewer, Paderborn, Benhausen, Neuenbeken and Altenbeken
- Official rating
- F2 Damage-based rating
- Local time · 20 May 2022
- Approximately 5:05–5:30 pm CEST (UTC+2)
- UTC
- Approximately 15:05–15:30 UTC · 20 May
- Time on the ground
- About 25 minutes (TorKUD survey)
- Track length
- At least 23.5 km / 14.6 mi (TorKUD)
- Maximum width
- About 400 m / 0.25 mi (TorKUD)
- Survey wind estimate
- F2 in DWD’s 2022 review
Event & radar context
The heading follows DWD’s F2 classification in its 2022 yearbook. The later TorKUD damage analysis lists IF2.5 (about 250 km/h) on the International Fujita scale; these scale labels are kept distinct. Timing and track dimensions follow TorKUD. The displayed DWD RADKLIM product is real radar-derived five-minute rainfall, not reflectivity or velocity.
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: DWD 2022 yearbook ↗