2003 Bendigo tornado
The 2003 Bendigo tornado was an F2 tornado which hit the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia about 6:30 pm on 18 May 2003. Wind speeds ranged from 210 km/h to 240 km/h at the core of the storm.
The record
- Date
- May 18, 2003
- Kind
- Tornado
- Where
- Australia
- Country
- Australia
What happened
The 2003 Bendigo tornado was an F2 tornado which hit the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia about 6:30 pm on 18 May 2003. Wind speeds ranged from 210 km/h to 240 km/h at the core of the storm.
The city of Bendigo is located in Victoria, a southeastern state in Australia. This southeastern region of Australia has seen tornadoes in the past, but, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, the tornado was an unusual occurrence for central Victoria and the last similar event occurred in Wonthaggi in 1993.
Sources
Wikidata Q4601147 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “2003 Bendigo tornado”, CC BY-SA 4.0.