Incredible Photos, Videos of a Tornado in France

Apr 30, 2012; 10:00 AM ET

UPDATE: A news article by AccuWeather and also this article (in French) has meteorological details. Incredible photos of a tornado (shown below) were captured near Seysses (southwest France) and Toulouse (the capital of the Midi-Pyrenees region, the largest region in metropolitan France) Sunday evening. The MapSpace radar showed a strong storm moving northeast between 7 and 8 PM local time:

Below is a Storify story which I wrote, that captures the storm on video and in photos:

[View the story "Beautiful Photos of a Tornado in France 4/29/2012" on Storify]

More information including a radar image, on my blog at http://weathermatrix.accuweather.com

Storified by Jesse Ferrell · Mon, Apr 30 2012 09:59:48

An amazing picture of the storm:

@reedtimmerTVN Tornado in France at 1900 (loc time). It was near Toulouse : pics : Julie Avetta http://pic.twitter.com/CfOwnex1Maxime Huguet

A couple videos…

Tornade � Toulouse | Tornado in France | 29/04/12 | HDtheeadrienn

Tornade toulouse . My first Tornado in france 29-04-2012krees31jeuxvideo

This link shows a great collection of MANY photos from the storm:

Tornade dans le sud Toulousain vue des coteaux | Photolive, toutes les photos m�t�o en temps r�el – InfoclimatGoyrans (31), Francele dimanche 29 avril 2012 � 19h17 La base de la tornade prise au t�l�objectif. J’ ai eu beaucoup de chance de me trou…

Here is more information via a story:

RT @earthskyscience: What is being reported as an F1 tornado touched down near Toulouse, France today. Only minor damage. Great photos. http://bit.ly/IMPuoaTim McGill

The big photo on this page (not the thumbnail) is the best photo:

Tornado Touches Down Near Toulouse, France : Big PicApril 30, 2012 — Several French websites – including Meteorologic.net – reported a tornado formed near the city of Toulouse in southwest…

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