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After two days of incredibly severe weather, including an F3 tornado in Minnesota on Tuesday and a likely-F3 tornado in eastern Ontario yesterday, it moves south today.

The Ohio Valley is in the line of fire.

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO
AT 11:05 AM EDT THURSDAY 3 AUGUST 2006.


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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==

A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHERN ONTARIO LAST
EVENING AHEAD OF A SHARP COLD FRONT THAT MOVED SOUTHWARDS THROUGH
THE REGION. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 90 KM/H WERE RECORDED AT SOME
ENVIRONMENT CANADA WEATHER STATIONS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED
THROUGH.

THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT REPORT OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY OCCURRED AROUND
3:30 PM WITH A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTING A BRIEF TORNADO
TOUCHDOWN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF GUELPH NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
HIGHWAYS 6 AND 401. HOWEVER, NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE WERE RECIEVED
WITH THIS EVENT.

LATER IN THE DAY POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG THE COLD
FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE HURON AND INTO THE UPPER OTTAWA VALLEY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS THEN MOVED QUICKLY SOUTHWARD IMPACTING MANY
SOUTHERN ONTARIO LOCALITIES. CURRENT DAMAGE REPORTS COURTESY OF
TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ONTARIO, THE ONTARIO
PROVINCIAL POLICE, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC INDICATE THAT AREAS WITH
THE GREATEST DAMAGE INCLUDE THE HALIBURTON AREA, THE COMBERMERE AREA
WHICH IS SOUTH OF ALGONQUIN PARK, AND THE SIMCOE AND HAGERSVILLE
AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF BRANTFORD.

THREE ENVIRONMENT CANADA DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED TO
THE HARDEST HIT AREAS TO SPEAK WITH EYEWITNESSES AND TO ASSESS THE
DAMAGE. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS
REPORTS COME IN FROM THESE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAMS.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS THE OBSERVATIONS AT
THE TIME OF BROADCAST AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL
AND FINAL REPORT OF THE WEATHER EVENTS OR THE HIGH
IMPACT EVENTS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WEATHER EVENTS.

The SPC has held it at 15% for wind today, so far...could it be less severe?

BTW that F3 in Minnesota was nearly an F4 - would have been if a house was not poorly attached.

Up to 30% now in much of Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas. Looks a bit more serious than first thought. Although I doubt they will go MDT...

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