In the evening, June 3, 2009 there was an emergency in Krasnozavodsk - on the territory of the city passed a tornado (tornado) .
Tornado is the result of the passage of a cold front 3 June 2009 around 22:15 hours ± 15 minutes Moscow time near the town Krasnozavodsk.
At the beginning of the tornado formed several craters, which are then merged into one high destructive power, which reached category F3 (on a 5-point scale Fujita). track length was 1.5 km, its average width - 125 m, its maximum width - 150 m, the direction of movement - SSE-NNW (south-south-east - north-west) . The birth of a tornado funnel is also observed in Moscow, about 21 hours Moscow time .
Effects
According to the city administration Krasnozavodsk, 60 people applied to local hospitals for medical care with severe bruises and fractures. Of these, 14 residents were admitted to the hospital Sergiyev Posad, three were in intensive care.
The city was partially destroyed by the local market, with apartment buildings were torn off roofs, damaged and destroyed balconies, windows were smashed. The tornado lifted up cars and stalls were knocked down and pulled out from the root. The damage was done and the power grid. Destruction caused short circuits and fire, which resulted in burned 9 apartments .
As a result of the tornado virtually all trade pavilions of the city were destroyed, 40 blocks of flats were left with no windows and roof, 62 people were injured. The total damage caused Krasnozavodsk, has been estimated at 170 million rubles.
This tornado is considered to be quite rare for the region near Moscow . tornado kick 3 June fell at a time when the streets were a lot of young people, and the route of the vortex came in the most lively street 50 years of October (at the last stop taxi and one of the most populated streets of the city) and the new (one of the busiest routes youth walks ). Only by sheer luck managed to avoid cases of death and a greater number of victims.