Downslope windstorm in High Tatras, 19 November 2004
Downslope windstorm in High Tatras, 19 November 2004
Downslope windstorm in High Tatras, 19 November 2004
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Photo: J.P<strong>in</strong>terováImpact of the <strong>19</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>w<strong>in</strong>dstorm</strong>• Southern part of <strong>High</strong>- and Low <strong>Tatras</strong>: 120 km 2 offorest destroyed (ma<strong>in</strong> turistic centre of Slovakia)• Measured w<strong>in</strong>d gusts: 30 – 60 m/s• Period: 14 – <strong>19</strong> UTC• Biggest impact: zone of forest, between 750 – 1200 mabove sea level• Very rare event <strong>in</strong> such low altitudes(previous storms: <strong>19</strong>15, <strong>19</strong><strong>19</strong>,<strong>19</strong>41)