[N of] Tirebolu Giresun Province Turkey (41.05 N, 38.81 E) 17-01-2011 (Monday) 07:30 UTC (+/- 1 hrs.)
based on: information from photo or video of the event, an eye-witness report, a newspaper report, a report on a website occurring over: water land use where event was first observed: sea total event duration: 15 min. The funnel cloud was observed. Suction vortices were not observed. tornado (as waterspout) observed; source: "Tirebolu'da ki hortum korkuttu", GIRESUN GAZETE, 17 JAN 2011;