Sudden tornado in Suzhou?Local Meteorological Bureau: It's a thunderstorm

Jimu Journalist Yu Yuan Li Yang

On July 26, Muudi Town, Wuzhong District, Suzhou City was rumored to have encountered tornado invasion, causing a number of local affected locations. In this regard, the staff of the Meteorological Bureau of Wuzhong District told Jimu reporters that the local area was indeed a strong wind, but it was not a tornado. It was considered a thunderstorm that was affected by the influence of the line.

Multiple network transmission videos showed that Mudu town encountered strong winds, some vehicles were blown over, bus platforms were blown down, and branches were blown off. Wherever the wind goes, there is a wolf borrowing on the scene.

According to the surging news report, at 15:30 on July 26, 2022, due to the influence of the 12 -level thunderstorm and strong wind in the interval between Shanghai to Suzhou, a foreign body blows on the high -speed rail contact network, causing contact network failure, resulting in Shanghai -Nanjing City Some of the train and Beijing -Shanghai high -speed rail trains are late. The railway department starts emergency plans for the first time to organize personnel to repair equipment.

Some bus platforms were blown down (video screenshot)

On July 26th, the Suzhou Meteorological Observatory released a thunderstorm and red warning signal: It is expected that the streets (towns) in most parts of the city will appear in the next 6 hours. In the short -term heavy precipitation, the local small hail and the local tornado and other strong convective weather.

On the afternoon of July 26, the staff of the Meteorological Bureau of Wuzhong District told Jimu Journalists that the local area was indeed a strong wind, but it was not a tornado. It was considered a thunderstorm that was affected by the influence of the line. Precipitation from the local area at 13:00 on the 26th, the maximum wind speed appeared at 14:34, and the wind speed in Wuzhongkou Town reached 36.8m/s, which was equivalent to the 12 -level wind.

Zhang Tao, chief forecaster of the Central Meteorological Observatory, said in an interview with the China Meteorological News that the main difference between tornado and ordinary extreme wind is that tornado is a rotating wind, smaller scale, and eye -catching. It can be seen that the center of the center is very low, which is easy to cause greater disasters. Ordinary extreme winds are straight -line winds. Relatively speaking, there is no clear visual image, and the extremes of their disasters are generally lower than tornado. In addition, ordinary extreme winds are more instantaneous, and strong tornado can last dozens of minutes.

The staff of the Wuzhong District Emergency Administration said that they are currently contacting the relevant units to learn about the specific situation.

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