[W of] Taranto Puglia Italy (40.48 N, 17.20 E) 26-10-2010 (Tuesday) 13:30 UTC (+/- 5 min.)
based on: information from photo or video of the event, an eye-witness report, a report on a website land use: land land use where event was first observed: sea total event duration: 5 min. The funnel cloud was observed. tornado (first as waterspout) observed west of Taranto; tornado hit also the habour area of Taranto; photo / video material; source: "Spettacolari video del tornado di Taranto", metwoweb.it, 29 OCT 2010; http://www.meteoweb.it/cgi/intranet.pl?_tit=Spettacolari%20v ideo%20del%20tornado%20di%20Taranto&_cgifunction=form&am p;_layout=news&keyval=news.news_id%3D29916
report status: event fully verified (QC2)
contact: Thilo Kühne (ESWD management) [e-mail]
Mit besten & lieben Grüßen Obmann Hans-Jürgen Pross