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What year was Funing tornado?
The tornado in Funing, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province was around June 23rd, 2006 14: 30. Strong convective weather such as strong lightning, short-term rainfall, hail, thunderstorm and strong wind appeared. The expert group confirmed that the Yancheng 6-23 tornado was EF4, and the wind force was above 17.
Tornado is a vertical hollow rotating airflow between the bottom of cumulus and the underlying surface, and it is a disastrous weather phenomenon at local scale. Tornadoes can be found in tropical and temperate regions, including the interior of the United States, western Australia and northeastern India. Tornadoes are seasonally weak, and can occur in spring, summer and autumn.