Extratropical cyclone that struck northern Europe in 2007
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Cyclone Kyrill
RGB composite view of Kyrill in 18 January 2007 from EUMETSAT
Meteorological history
Formed
15 January 2007
Dissipated
24 January 2007
Extratropical cyclone
Highest gusts
212 km/h (132 mph; 114 kn) at Śnieżka, Poland[1]
Lowest pressure
959.8 hPa (mbar); 28.34 inHg[2]
Overall effects
Fatalities
At least 44[3]
Damage
At least €1 billion[1]
Areas affected
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Cyclone Kyrill/ˈkɪrɪl/ was a low-pressure area that evolved into an unusually violent European windstorm,[4][5] forming an extratropical cyclone with hurricane-strength winds. It formed over Newfoundland on 15 January 2007 and moved across the Atlantic Ocean reaching Ireland and Great Britain by the evening of 17 January.[5] The storm then crossed the North Sea on 17 and 18 January, making landfall on the German and Dutch coasts on the afternoon of 18 January, before moving eastwards toward Poland and the Baltic Sea on the night from 18 to 19 January and further on to northern Russia.[5]
Kyrill caused widespread damage across Western Europe, especially in the United Kingdom and Germany. 47 fatalities were reported, as well as extensive disruptions of public transport, power outages to over one hundred thousand homes, severe damage to public and private buildings and major forest damage through windthrow. 20 Tornado reports were reported, including 2 F3 tornadoes as a result of the system[6]
The storm was named "Kyrill" on 17 January 2007, by the Free University of Berlin's meteorological institute.[4] The storm was named after a Bulgarian man living near Berlin, whose family donated to the university's "Adopt-A-Vortex"[7] programme.[8]
^ ab"Milliardenschäden nach Orkan" (in German). Wiesbadener Kurier. 20 January 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
^"SYNOP data from Daugavpils, WMO 26544". Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
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^ ab"2007 Low Pressure Area naming list". Free University of Berlin. January 2000. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
^ abc"Life history of depression Cyril". Free University of Berlin. Retrieved 28 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
^"European Severe Weather Database". Archived from the original on 30 September 2023.
^"Homepage - und Kommunikationssysteme der Freien Universitaet Berlin". January 2000. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
^"Cyril Storm Named After Bulgarian". Sofia News Agency. Archived from the original on 23 January 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
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