Meteolux has determined that a suspected tornado sighting in Luxembourg City on Wednesday morning was actually a harmless funnel cloud, captured by surveillance cameras at Fondation Pescatore.
After analysing photographic evidence and radar data, meteorologists confirmed the formation showed no rotational signature on Doppler radar around 11am – the time reported by RTL readers. Officials noted that true tornado development would have been unlikely given Wednesday’s atmospheric conditions.
The observed phenomenon was classified as a short-lived funnel cloud that, according to current information, never reached ground level and therefore did not meet the technical definition of a tornado.
Similar formations in the United States are often called “cold air funnels,” typically benign weather events that occasionally accompany light rain showers.
