London Tornado of 1091
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The London Tornado of 1091 is reckoned by modern assessment of the reports as possibly a T8 tornado (roughly equal to an F4 tornado). Britain's earliest reported tornado, it occurred on 17 October 1091, killing two.[1] The wooden London Bridge was demolished, and the church of St. Mary-le-Bow in the city of London was badly damaged; four rafters 26 feet (7.9 m) long were driven into the ground with such force that only 4 feet (1.2 m) protruded above the surface. Other churches in the area were demolished, as were over 600 (mostly wooden) houses.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ 23 October by modern reckoning, adjusted for the difference between the Julian calendar then in use and the Gregorian Calendar.(PBS Hunt for the Supertornado)
- ^ (Tornado and Storm Research Organisation) Tornado extreme
[edit] Further reading
- Rowe, M. W. (1976). "Tornadoes in medieval Britain". Journal of Meteorology 1 (7): 219–222.
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