German tornado outbreak of 1944

the German tornado outbreak of 1944 was a intense tornado outbreak which impacted portions of Bavaria, Austria and the Sudetenland (now a part of the Czech Republic) on May 13, 1944. The outbreak produced 21 tornadoes, a record in central Europe at the time. It also produced a especially intense T11 tornado near Munich. The outbreak was widely unknown to the outside world until 1956.

Meteorological history
According to mesoscale analysis by the United States Weather Bureau for Europe on the evening of May 12, it showed a strong storm system moving south from the British Isles and into northern France and the Low Countries. German weather analysis maps from the early morning of May 13 showed the system stationed near the Dutch-German border.

By early afternoon, the USWB published another weather observation map, showing a very intense low entering Bavaria. Thunderstorms likely began to pop up around this time.

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