Taranto tornado — 28 November 2012Photo: Daniele Carbotti; via nano63a · Source. Still image; WebP conversion.- Location
- Port and steelworks area of Taranto, extending inland toward Statte
- Official rating
- EF3 Damage-based rating
- Local time · 28 November 2012
- Landfall around 10:50 am CET (UTC+1)
- UTC
- Landfall around 09:50 UTC
- Time on the ground
- Full ground duration not established in the cited summary
- Track length
- Not specified in the cited summary
- Maximum width
- Not specified in the cited summary
- Survey wind estimate
- EF3 damage classification; no direct wind measurement shown
Event & radar context
This multivortex tornado developed over the Ionian Sea as a waterspout before moving inland near the Taranto steelworks. EF3 follows the published scientific case study. These archived observations show radar-derived rain rate. Missing local coverage is skipped and listed in the manifest; playback advances to the next actual observation.
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: Miglietta et al. (2017), Weather and Forecasting ↗