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Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for the counties on the north shore of Lake Erie, there was a tornado warning for Brantford at around 1230pm today.

SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 2:27 PM EDT MONDAY 10 JULY 2006.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND
NIAGARA FALLS - WELLAND - SOUTHERN NIAGARA REGION
ST. CATHARINES - GRIMSBY - NORTHERN NIAGARA REGION
CITY OF HAMILTON
PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION
UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION
COBOURG - COLBORNE - WESTERN NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY
LINDSAY - SOUTHERN KAWARTHA LAKES
PETERBOROUGH CITY - LAKEFIELD - SOUTHERN PETERBOROUGH COUNTY.

TORRENTIAL RAIN AND HAIL WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO. MEANWHILE A NORTH TO SOUTH
LINE OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE NIAGARA PENINSULA
THIS AFTERNOON COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY A
TORNADO. THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS EAST OF NIAGARA FALLS NEAR 5
PM. THE COLD FRONT IS MOVING MUCH SLOWER OVER THE NIAGARA
PENINSULA THAT EARLIER ESTIMATED.

A NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING WEST OF HAMILTON AT 2:15 PM IS
PROBABLY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. REMEMBER SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE TORNADOES..LISTEN FOR UPDATED WARNINGS. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

NOTE..A SUMMARY OF ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR SOUTHERN
ONTARIO IS AVAILABLE IN THE WWCN11 CWTO BULLETIN ISSUED
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS BULLETIN.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

TORNADO WATCH FOR:
DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND
NIAGARA FALLS - WELLAND - SOUTHERN NIAGARA REGION.

CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES
ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 5 PM.

THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF TORNADOES AND
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:
CITY OF TORONTO
ST. CATHARINES - GRIMSBY - NORTHERN NIAGARA REGION
CITY OF HAMILTON
HALTON - PEEL
YORK - DURHAM
GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY
BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND
LINDSAY - SOUTHERN KAWARTHA LAKES
PETERBOROUGH CITY - LAKEFIELD - SOUTHERN PETERBOROUGH COUNTY.

STRONG AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER
THE NIAGARA PENINSULA. HEAVY RAINFALL THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE
NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO.

THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS.

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WATCHES/WARNINGS ENDED FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR:
CITY OF TORONTO
BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE
HALTON HILLS - MILTON
MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON
VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM
NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION.

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==DISCUSSION==
A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE NIAGARA PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON.
THE COLD FRONT WILL LIE EAST OF NIAGARA BY 5 PM.

A SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS MORNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HEAVEY RAIN HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED
FOR A SMALL PORTION OF THE AREA COVERED BY THE STATEMENT.
75 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE AREAS AS
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POISED TO CROSS THE WARNED REGIONS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG THE
NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO TO REFLECT THE RISK FROM HEAVY RAINFALL
RESULTING FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS.

Here is the old tornado warning...

TORNADO WARNING
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 12:30 PM EDT MONDAY 10 JULY 2006.
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TORNADO WARNING FOR:
=NEW= BRANTFORD - COUNTY OF BRANT.

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==DISCUSSION==

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO.

THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 2:56 PM EDT MONDAY 10 JULY 2006.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...

TORNADO WARNING FOR:
=NEW= HANOVER - DUNDALK - SOUTHERN GREY COUNTY.

A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY 15 KILOMETRES EASE TO OWEN SOUND
AIRPORT AT 2:38 PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 KILOMETRES
EAST OF MOUNT FOREST IS DEVELOPING AND COULD PRODUCE A SIMILAR
SHORT-LIVED TORNADO THAT IS THE RESULT OF AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE
AREA. THESE TORNADOES ARE VERY SHORT TRACKED AND SHORT-LIVED.
THE THREAT WILL HAD ENDED BY 3:45 PM.

THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS. TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

From CTV News Southwestern Ontario in Kitchener/Waterloo

STORMS

The clean up is underway after torrential rain, funnel clouds, heavy winds, and a reported tornado swept into parts of Ontario yesterday.

At Buttonville Airport, just north of Toronto, gusts of wind were strong enough to flip over three single-engine planes that had been tied down.

The strong winds also ripped the roof off a garden centre nursery north of Toronto.

Funnel clouds were reported in several areas, including Oakville, Guelph and Whitby with reports of a tornado touchdown near Owen Sound.

Storm reports received to Environment Canada Downsview Office

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO
AT 10:05 PM EDT MONDAY 10 JULY 2006.

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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==
A COLD FRONT CROSSED CENTRAL ONTARIO TODAY. AT 9 PM THE COLD FRONT IS
OVER EASTERN ONTARIO.

A LINE OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING
TRANSFORMED INTO A SQUALL LINE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. SEVERAL SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED
OVER THE SOUTHERNM MOST REGIONS.

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REPORTS RECEIVED TODAY BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

TIME(LCL) LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION

11:47 AM GUELPH HEAVY DOWNPOUR, LOCALIZED FLOODING,
STORM DRAINS OVERFLOWING

12:10 PM CAMBRIDGE HEAVY RAINS, VISIBILITY DOWN TO 5
METERS, STREETS FLOODED CURB TO CURB

12:19 GUELPH FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED

12:26 SOUTH OF KITCHENER VIOLENTLY ROTATING WALL CLOUD WITH
FUNNEL REACHING HALF WAY TO GROUND

1:00 BUTTONVILLE POSSIBLE MICROBURST FLIPPED OVER 4
AIRPORT SMALL AIRCRAFT, 70 KILOMETER PER
GUST RECORDED

1:13 NEAR AURORA HIGHWAY 404 FLOODED, SEVERELY REDUCED
VISIBILITY DUE TO RAIN

1:20-2:50 HAMILTON HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZED REPORTED NEAR
HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL

1:30 OAKVILLE (HABOUR) TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS REPORTED

1:30 LAKE ONTARIO SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADIC
WATERSPOUTS REPORTED

1:31 30 KILOMETERS WEST OF PEARSON AIRPORT FUNNEL CLOUD

2:28 WHITBY FUNNEL CLOUD

2:38 11 KILOMETERS PROBABLE TORNADO; PILOT
EAST SOUTH-EAST OF REPORTED FUNNEL TOUCHING
OWEN SOUND AIRPORT DOWN

2:58 WOODFORD FUNNEL CLOUDS SPOTTED HEADING
TOWARDS MEAFORD

4:04 NORTH OF CAMBRIDGE SMALL STORM WITH ROTATION

4:10 SOUTH OF KING CITY 1 METER OF WATER OVERFLOWING ONTO
ROAD ON JANE NORTH OF MAJOR MACKENZIE

4:30 PRINCE EDWARD 33.6MM OF RAIN IN 2-2.5 HOURS,
COUNTY SMALL BRANCHES DOWN

6:50 NORTH OF BRAMPTON FUNNEL CLOUD

I heard there were flooding rains around Hamilton. Geez I'm unlucky. We had an unexpected trip to Quebec for four days to visit my cousin (I'm back in Hamilton now), and I guess I dodged the bad weather.

Toronto was socked with torrential rains all day today that began around dawn and didn't let up til around 4pm.
I won't know how much fell til tomorrow morning though.

RAINFALL UPDATE.. for Wed July 12 2006

Pearson International Airport 35.2mm (right after 33.2mm on July 10)

Kitchener ON 56.5mm
Rochester NY 3.33in (wettest July day on record)
Syracruse NY 4.28in

-justin-