1930 Montello tornado
IF4 damage to a large church in Volpago del Montello | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 24, 1930 |
| Formed | July 24, 1930, 1:08 pm. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Dissipated | July 24, 1930, 1:43 pm. CDT (UTC−05:00) |
| Duration | 35 minutes |
| IF5 tornado | |
| on the International Fujita scale | |
| T10 tornado | |
| on the TORRO scale | |
| Highest winds | >270 mph (430 km/h) |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Injuries | 110 |
| Areas affected | Montello, Nervesa della Battaglia, Treviso and Udine |
Part of the Tornadoes of 1930 | |
During the afternoon hours of Thursday July 24, 1930, a powerful tornado struck northeastern Italy, resulting in the deaths of 23 people and injuring another 110. The tornado caused extensive damage to several small communities from Treviso to Udine, with the village of Montello particularly affected.
The tornado is widely accepted to have been one of the strongest and most violent tornadoes in European history, causing some of the most intense tornado damage ever documented on the continent.