WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO AT 2:38 PM EDT FRIDAY 25 JULY 2008.
CONFIRMED TORNADO IN WELLAND ON TUESDAY JUNE 22.
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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==
LATE ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 22ND..AN EAST TO WEST LINE OFTHUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER THE NIAGARA PENINSULA IN RESPONSE TO AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND SURFACE CONVERGENCE AS A RESULT OF NORTHEAST WINDS OFF OF LAKE ONTARIO.
ONE OF THE THUNDERSTORM CELLS WAS OBSERVED TO FORM A FUNNEL CLOUD INTHE VICINITY OF WOODLAWN ROAD IN WELLAND. PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF SHEET METAL BEING THROWN ABOUT FROM A NEARBY CONSTRUCTION SITE..AND FIRST HAND REPORTS OF WIND ROTATION AT THE SURFACE..HAS LED ENVIRONMENT CANADA TO CONCLUDE THAT A WEAK TORNADO WAS PRESENT AROUND 5.30 PM. NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS REPORTED. THIS TORNADO HAS THUS BEEN ASSESSED AS FUJITA SCALE ZERO (WIND SPEEDS OF UP TO 110 KM/H).
THIS REPRESENTS THE 7TH OFFICIAL TORNADO IN ONTARIO THIS SEASON. THE SUMMER SEVERE WEATHER SEASON RUNS FROM LATE APRIL UNTIL EARLY OCTOBER. ON AVERAGE ONTARIO RECEIVES ABOUT 11 TORNADOES PER SEASON.
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DATE TIME(LCL) LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION
5.30 PM WELLAND, REGION OF NIAGARA CONFIRMED F-ZERO TORNADO(VICINITY OF WOODLAWN ROAD)
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS THE OBSERVATIONS ATTHE 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.
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF A SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING WATERLOO, ONTARIO FROM THE NORTHWEST MOVING SOUTHEAST ARE BELOW.
THIS THUNDERSTORM STRUCK AT 715 PM TUESDAY JULY 22, 2008. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR WATERLOO REGION. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THAT KNOCKED DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND TREES...HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ACROSS KITCHENER/WATERLOO...AND SPOTTY REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER CENTRAL WATERLOO.
THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN BY MIKE CHAMBERS
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