1976 Soviet cyclone

the 1976 Soviet cyclone was a weak cyclone, the equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane which struck the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and Republic of Turkey from July 3 to July 7, 1976. It is the only Category 1 scale cyclone in the Black Sea's recorded history. The cyclone also produced a F2 tornado near Volgograd. The system was initially classified as a cyclone, until it was considered to be a low pressure system in 1978, before being reclassified as a cyclone in 2007. The storm caused 28 deaths, primarily due to the Soviet media sharing little to no information until the storm made landfall. 2 people were killed in Turkey due to flooding.

Meteorological history
The system developed as a rainstorm in the Mediterranean on June 27, it moved into Anatolia on June 30, it started to become tropical on July 1, before the NHC considered it as a possible cyclone developing over northern Turkey on July 3, and classified it as a cyclonic depression. The low-tech radar technology in the Black Sea determined winds of 42 miles per hour on July 4, leading to it being briefly upgraded to a Tropical Storm. It was downgraded back to a cyclonic depression about 6 hours later before being upgraded to a Tropical Storm internally by the Soviet Navy, they then determined that it was a Category 1 Cyclone on the morning of July 5, and it made landfall that afternoon, it moved inland bringing historic rain and storm surge to Crimea and the RSSR, it weakened back to a cyclonic depression and produced several tornadoes, the strongest being a F2 near Volgograd (formerly known as Stalingrad). The storm was absorbed by a low pressure system on July 7, 1976.