...F0 TORNADO CONFIRMED IN NORTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY...

Weather summary for all of southern Ontario and
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 5:46 PM EDT Monday 23 June
2008.

Confimed tornado northeast of London Sunday evening.
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==weather event discussion==

Strong to severe thunderstorms quickly fired up Sunday afternoon
and evening over parts of southern Ontario. These thunderstorms
spawned one tornado and a number of funnel cloud reports especially
north of London.

A tornado assessed as Fujita scale zero (wind speeds estimated up
to 110 km/h) has been confirmed by a damage survey team from
Environment Canada and the university of western Ontario. The
Tornado occurred northeast of bryanston which is 20 km north of
London. This is the 6th tornado of the year. The summer severe
weather season runs from late April to early October and Ontario
normally receives an average of 11 tornadoes each season.

As well as some wind damage to trees and crops.. A roof to a pig
Barn was heavily damaged as the tornado moved through farmland
Along an intermittent damage path at least 3 km long. Video clips as
seen on ctv news and photos from trained spotters clearly show the
tornado occurring Sunday evening at about 6:50 PM.

This bulletin will be updated as more reports are received by
Environment Canada.

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Time location event

2.32 PM Hamilton 12 mm (marble sized) hail

3.04 PM Cambridge 18 mm (penny sized) hail

3.38 PM Vaughan 12 mm hail

4.52 PM sebringville 12 mm hail

5.55 PM Chatham 24 mm (quarter sized) hail
Vehicles damaged from hail

6.50 PM bryanston (ne
London) confirmed f-zero tornado
- damage to pig barn - crops - trees

6.57 PM st. Marys funnel cloud - intersection of
Perth-Oxford rd and 27th line

7.00 PM thorndale funnel cloud

7.00 PM Tavistock damage to crops due to hail

7.48 PM violet hill 12 mm hail


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/MEREDITH/OSPC

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