List of sting jet cyclones
This is a list of documented and unconfirmed Sting jet occurrences.
List of sting jet cyclones
Cyclone
Type
Date
Reference
Location
Great storm of 1987
European windstorm
October 15–17, 1987
[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Southern England
Oratia
European windstorm
October 30, 2000
[ 3] [ 4]
North Sea (Lincolnshire to Norway )
Anna
European windstorm
February 26, 2002
[ 5]
Central Pennines , England
Jeanette
European windstorm
October 27, 2002
[ 6] [ 7]
Wales and the English Midlands
Erwin (Gudrun)
European windstorm
January 2005
[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
Northern England
Unnamed
Extratropical cyclone
December 7–8, 2005
[ 11]
East of Canada
Friedhelm
European windstorm
December 8, 2011
[ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
Central Belt , Scotland
Ulli
European windstorm
January 3–4, 2012
[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20]
Central Belt , Scotland
St Jude storm (a.k.a. Cyclone Christian)
European windstorm
October 28, 2013
[ 21] [ 22] [ 11]
Possibly developing over East Anglia then over the North Sea , skirting the Netherlands coast to Germany and Denmark .
Cyclone Tini /Storm Darwin
European windstorm
February 12, 2014
[ 23] [ 11]
Southern Ireland , Irish Sea , Wales .
Egon
European windstorm
January 12–13, 2017
[ 24] [ 25]
Northern France, South-West Germany
Hurricane Humberto (2019)
Hurricane
September 19, 2019
[ 26]
Bermuda
Storm Eunice
European Windstorm
February 14-18, 2022
[ 27]
Isle of Wight , Southern England|}
List of unconfirmed sting jets
Cyclone
Type
Date
Reference
Location
New Year's Day Storm
European windstorm
January 1, 1992
[ 28] [ 29]
Norway
Renate
European windstorm
October 3, 2006
[ 29]
Bay of Biscay and Aquitaine , France
"Oeste storm"
European windstorm
December 23, 2009
[ 30]
Portugal
October 2010 North American storm complex
Great Lakes cyclone
October 26–27, 2010
[ 15]
Midwest , USA
2011 Halloween nor'easter
Nor'easter
October 30–31, 2011
[ 15] [ 31]
Northeastern US
Unnamed
Extratropical cyclone
March 12, 2012
[ 32]
Upper Midwest , USA
Unnamed
Black Sea cyclone
December 2–3, 2012
[ 33]
Romania and the Black Sea
Gong
European windstorm
January 19, 2013
[ 30]
Portugal
Arthur
Extratropical cyclone (ex–Hurricane )
July 5, 2014
[ 34] [ 35]
Canadian Maritimes
Elon (Nathan)
European windstorm
January 9, 2015
[ 36] [ 37] [ 38]
Scotland
Zeus
European windstorm
March 6, 2017
[ 39]
Brittany , France
Unnamed
Low-pressure area
May 4, 2018
[ 40]
Southern Ontario , Canada
Hurricane Milton
Hurricane
October 9-10, 2024
[ 41]
Florida , US
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