Bucca tornado

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The Bucca tornado was one of the most violent tornadoes ever observed in Australia, rated F4 on the Fujita scale. It occurred near the township of Bucca (near Bundaberg) in Queensland on 29 November 1992 at around 2:30pm. The tornado was accompanied by cricket-ball sized hail. It damaged or destroyed nine houses.

The weather system that spawned the Bucca tornado was also responsible for an F3 tornado at Oakhurst.

[edit] See also

• List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
  • List of Southern Hemisphere tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

[edit] External links

• Reports and photographs of the Bucca and Oakhurst tornadoes (saved at the Internet Archive)