On the evening of April 27, the Guangdong Meteorological Bureau issued a description of the tornado in Zhongluotan Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City.
The time and location of the tornado occurred at around 15:00 on April 27, 2024, near Liangtian Village, Zhongluotan Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou (at the junction of Baiyun District and Huadu District), and the Liangtian Village Meteorological Station, about 2.8 kilometers away from the tornado site, recorded a maximum gust of 20.6 m/s (level 8).
Netizens photographed Baiyun Zhongluotan and suspected of a tornado
At around 15:05, the Guangzhou Meteorological Bureau and the Baiyun District Meteorological Bureau received news from netizens about a tornado near Zhongluotan Town. After learning this information, the Baiyun District Meteorological Bureau immediately sent staff to Zhongluotan Town to jointly carry out on-site investigation with the Baiyun District Emergency Management Bureau.
At 15:30, the Provincial Meteorological Bureau has organized a team of experts from the Foshan Tornado Research Center, the Provincial Meteorological Observatory and the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau to go to the scene for disaster investigation, and the preliminary judgment of the tornado intensity is level 3, which is a strong tornado, and the tornado affects a distance of about 1 km, and the disaster investigation is still ongoing.
According to media reports, a local furniture factory building was blown over, and the scene was in a mess, and the damage is still being counted.
According to @GuangdongWeather, at 16:40 on April 27, there were strong thunderstorm clouds in Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Foshan, Huizhou and other places, accompanied by strong convective weather such as thunder, strong winds, hail or tornadoes, please pay attention to the nowcasting warning information, and stay in a safe room during bad weather. In addition, there is also significant rainfall in eastern Guangdong, please take precautions.
According to netizens, hail appeared in Zhu Village, Zengcheng, Guangzhou, and some car covers were smashed through by hailstones.
Hail also appeared in Wulian Village, Huadu, Guangzhou, the size of an egg.
Huadu Kapok Primary School in the rain
Residents: The car was smashed out of the hole, the roof of the market was smashed through, and the market will be closed
On the afternoon of April 27, Guangzhou suffered hail, heavy rain and tornadoes. A resident in Zengcheng District told Jimu News that the hailstone was bigger than a fist, smashing the windows of many local cars and piercing the roof of the Zhucun market.
Zhucun Market (video screenshot)
On the afternoon of the 27th, Mr. Cao, a resident of Zengcheng District, Guangzhou City, told a Jimu News reporter that at about 15:40, hail suddenly fell in the local area, which lasted for more than 10 minutes. He had three cars parked outdoors, two of which had several large holes in the front and rear windshields and smashing out of the hoods from the hailstones. "Most of the cars parked on the side of the road have been smashed and have been towed away by insurance companies for repairs. ”
Mr. Huang, who runs a shop in Zhucun Market in Zengcheng, said that the hailstone, which was more than 10 centimeters in diameter and the size of a fist, smashed through the roof of the market. The video Mr. Huang sent to reporters showed that the large and small holes in the roof of the market were densely distributed. "At that time, the market management sent two messages, telling the merchants to close the market immediately and take refuge in a safe location. In the evening we were notified again that the market would be closed tomorrow due to bad weather. ”
The car glass was smashed out of the hole (photo provided by the interviewee)
The staff of another farmers' market in Zengcheng City said that the roof of the market was made of resin material, and the hail smashed a hole out, and all the staff of the market have been notified to be on duty to deal with the hail and heavy rain.
Source: Jimu News (Reporter: Liu Qin), Voice of the Greater Bay Area, China News Service, Guangzhou Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, CCTV News, Red Star News