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Environment Canada investigating possible tornado in Ontario

#1 Postby shaner » Thu Jun 10, 2004 7:46 am

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFre ... 92797.html

A violent storm packing heavy rain, fierce lightning, high winds and possibly a tornado wreaked havoc across Southwestern Ontario yesterday. A West Lorne family said a twister brought down power lines and tore out trees.

"It started whipping up trees, so we went to the basement," Judy Aldred said of the funnel cloud that headed straight through the family's farm around 3:30 p.m.

Aldred was home with her five-year-old son and husband when the high winds started ripping up trees and tossing around sheet metal from a wagon.
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#2 Postby Josephine96 » Thu Jun 10, 2004 10:21 pm

Now there is something in Canada you don't see every day
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#3 Postby tropicana » Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:44 am

The United States experiences by far the most tornadoes of any country, and has experienced the most intense ones.

However, as we all know, tornadoes occur around the world...the most tornado-prone region of the world, as measured by tornadoes per-unit area, is the United Kingdom, especially England.

Canada experiences an average of 80 reported tornadoes a year. The most tornado prone area in Canada is South Western Ontario, which is also a very inhabited area, so damage and destruction is newsworthy when these systems occur.
The Prairie provinces like Manitoba and Alberta and Saskatchewan also experience tornadoes.
It should be noted that even though an average 80 tornadoes occur yearly, many other tornadoes go un-reported or even undetected in Canada.. due to lack of eye-detection due to low population density in portions of Canada.

There have been a few F4 tornadoes in Canada..but there has never been an F5. Not to say though that it can't happen.

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#4 Postby HurricaneGirl » Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:15 am

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#5 Postby shaner » Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:01 pm

Thanks tropicana. We do have our share of tornadoes. Some major cities have been hit here too. Edmonton, London, Windsor, Sudbury and even Montreal have all had twisters roll through them.

http://exn.ca/Stories/1999/05/04/54.asp
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#6 Postby tropicana » Fri Jun 11, 2004 8:43 pm

You are welcome Shaner. As the old saying goes... weather knows no boundaries or borders.

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#7 Postby Wnghs2007 » Sat Jun 12, 2004 3:50 am

tropicana wrote:You are welcome Shaner. As the old saying goes... weather knows no boundaries or borders.

-justin-


Indeed :eek:
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