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Ontario tornado

#1 Postby scostorms » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:37 pm

At around 8:00pm residents of Feversham, Ontario in northeastern Grey County, in the Georgian Bay region west of Barrie, reported hearing a loud rumbling noise for a few minutes. Since it was dark out, no visual confirmation was reported. We were under a 2% risk of tornadoes by the SPC, but no severe weather warnings in occuring at the time for any regions of Ontario, expect for heavy rainfall. Two barns are reported to be severely damaged, as well as trees down. Ontario has had 10 confirmed tornadoes this year. Environment Canada is investigating the situation.
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#2 Postby scostorms » Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:42 pm

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#3 Postby scostorms » Tue Sep 27, 2005 2:19 pm

AWCN11 CWTO 271550
SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO
AT 11:01 AM EDT TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2005.

ANOTHER CONFIRMED TORNADO IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO
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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==

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DATE
TIME(LCL) LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION
8 PM SEP 25/05 JUST NE FEVERSHAM F1 TORNADO

ENVIRONMENT CANADA PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A DAMAGE SURVEY ON MONDAY IN
THE WAKE OF A DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED SOUTHWEST OF THE
COLLINGWOOD AREA SUNDAY EVENING. AROUND 8 PM ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
25TH A FUJITA LEVEL 1 TORNADO (PEAK WINDS BETWEEN 120 AND 180 KM/H)
MOVED THROUGH AN AREA JUST TO THE NORTHEAST OF FEVERSHAM WHICH IS
APPROXIMATELY 20 KM SOUTHWEST OF COLLINGWOOD. A LARGE BARN HAD ITS
ROOF TOTALLY REMOVED AND THREE SMALLER BARNS OR SHEDS TOTALLY
DESTROYED. ONE OF THESE SHEDS WAS CONSTRUCTED OF CINDER BLOCKS. THE
DAMAGE PATH WAS RELATIVELY NARROW APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 40 AND 80
METRES WIDE AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS LESS
THAN 1 KILOMETRE IN LENGHT.

ONE OF THE INDICATIONS THAT THE STORM WAS
TORNADIC WAS THE TOTAL LACK OF DAMAGE DONE TO A FARM HOUSE NEAR THE
BARN THAT LOST ITS ROOF AND RESULTED IN THE SCATTERING OF BARN
DEBRIS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AROUND IT. SOME DEBRIS FROM THE
BARN AND SHEDS WAS CARRIED HUNDREDS OF METRES FROM THEIR ORIGINAL
LOCATION.

SOME TREE DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED BUT WAS NOT EXTENSIVE.

AN EYEWITNESS TO THE STORM MENTIONED THAT VERY HEAVY RAINS PRECEDED
THE EVENT FOLLOWED BY WINDS WHICH SHOOK HIS HOME. THE WORST OF THE
WIND WAS OVER IN SECONDS AND WHEN THE WITNESS LOOKED OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE STORM HE BELIEVED HE SAW A FUNNEL
CLOUD MOVING OFF.

THIS WAS THE 12TH CONFIRMED TORNADO OF THE SEASON IN ONTARIO.
ONTARIO NORMALLY GETS 14 TORNADOES EACH SUMMER DURING A PERIOD FROM
LATE APRIL THROUGH TO EARLY OCTOBER.

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CODE: SN= SNOW LT= LIGHTNING
BZ= BLIZZARD DW= DAMAGING WINDS
SQ= SNOWSQUALL HA= HAIL
FR= FREEZING RAIN TO= TORNADO
FD= FREEZING DRIZZLE WS= WATERSPOUT
IP= ICE PELLETS HR= HEAVY RAINFALL
FZ= FLASH FREEZE HH= HIGH HUMIDITY
WC= WIND CHILL XH= EXTREME HEAT
HW= HIGH WINDS DD= DUST DEVIL



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.
END/MISANCHUK
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#4 Postby gotoman38 » Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:38 am

Good work sco... gotta love the territory N of Tor.

14/year in ont? really? I never would have thought so....
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