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2009 Storms of 2009 - specific weather events posted by date |
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AWCN11 CWTO 251345 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO AT 9:13 AM EDT TUESDAY 25 AUGUST 2009. SUMMARY OF THE TORNADO OUTBREAK OVER ONTARIO ON AUGUST 20. ------------------------------------------------------------- ==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION== ..YET ANOTHER DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM HEADS OUT TO THE KENISIS LAKE AREA NEAR HALIBURTON TODAY.. A TRIPLE BARRELLED SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK STRUCK ONTARIO LAST THURSDAY. SHORTLY AFTER NOON A SUPERCELL STORM DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF LAKE HURON. THIS CELL TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD FOR A REMARKABLE 200 KM PRODUCING THE DURHAM AND THORNBURY TORNADOES. THE STORM CELL FINALLY WEAKENED OVER GEORGIAN BAY TOWARD EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPED OVER LOWER MICHIGAN THEN TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS FEATURE PRODUCED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE TO SEVERAL LOCALES FROM WINDSOR TO WELL NORTHEAST OF TORONTO AS WELL AS THE DESTRUCTIVE VAUGHAN AND NEWMARKET TORNADOES. FINALLY IN THE EARLY EVENING ISOLATED SUPERCELL STORMS TRACKED TO THE EAST OF GEORGIAN BAY. ONE TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD TO PRODUCE A PROBABLE TORNADO OVER THE AREA BETWEEN ARNSTEIN AND NORTH BAY AS WELL AS A WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE NIPISSING. ANOTHER TORNADO TRACKED THROUGH THE GRAVENHURST AREA BEFORE LIFTING. IT APPEARS THIS STORM OR ONE NEAR IT PROBABLY SPAWNED A TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH THE REDSTONE LAKE AND KENNISIS LAKE DISTRICT. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL THUS FAR FOR THE AUGUST 20 STORMS TO 5 CONFIRMED TORNADOES, 2 PROBABLE TORNADOES AND 1 POSSIBLE TORNADO. THERE WAS ONE FATALITY WITH THE TORNADO IN THE SOUTH END OF DURHAM. SEVERAL OF THE TORNADOES WERE RATED AS F2 DAMAGE ON THE FUJITA SCALE. F2 DAMAGE IS EQUIVALENT TO WIND STRENGTH OF 180 TO 250 KM/H. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF TORNADOES AND ASSOCIATED DAMAGE ASSESSED BY A TOTAL OF FIVE SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT CANADA STORM DAMAGE TEAMS. ------------------------------------------------------------- DATE TORNADO LOCATION/PATH DAMAGE OVERVIEW TORNADO 1 5 KM SW OF DURHAM TO MARKDALE F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (ROUGHLY 20 KM) (SIGNIFICANT HOUSE + TRAILER DAMAGE, TREES DOWN) TORNADO 2 FROM SOUTH OF THORNBURY TO THE F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) SOUTHEAST OF THORNBURY (PATH (MANY TREES SNAPPED, LENGTH UNKNOWN) GEORGIAN PEAKS SUSTAINED DAMAGE, ROOFS REMOVED, HOMES DAMAGED) TORNADO 3 WOODBRIDGE/VAUGHAN F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (SEVERAL KM LONG (HUNDREDS OF HOMES + 50 METRES WIDE) DAMAGED, TREES DOWN, CARS FLIPPED) TORNADO 4 NEWMARKET AREA F1 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (HOCKEY ARENA ALMOST DEMOLISHED, ROYAL CANADIAN RIDING ACADEMY SUSTAINED DAMAGE) TORNADO 5 GRAVENHURST AREA F0 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (PATH ABOUT 10 KM LONG (SHALLOW ROOTED AND UP TO 1 KM WIDE) TREES DOWN) TORNADO 6 MILTON F1 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (LIGHT STANDARDS DOWN, ROOF DAMAGE OF MEDICAL CENTRE AND NEARBY HOTEL, TREES AND FENCES DOWN, MINOR HOME DAMAGE) TORNADO 7 ARNSTEIN TO RESTOULE TO NORTH WATERSPOUT/TORNADO (PROBABLE) BAY (PATH LENGTH UNKNOWN AT SIGHTINGS (DAMAGE DETAILS THIS TIME) UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME) TORNADO 8 REDSTONE LAKE / KENNISIS LAKE TORNADO SIGHTINGS (TREES (PROBABLE) (NORTH OF HALIBURTON) DOWN/COTTAGES DAMAGED) (INTENSITY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME) ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONTINUES TO EVALUATE THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS AND WILL UPDATE THIS MESSAGE AS NECESSARY. END/OSPC |
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WARNING: PROFANITY USED IN VIDEOS BELOW [-admin]
A couple videos of the storm passing to the south of Stratford. Pt1 Pt2 |
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Intercepted a couple cells ahead of the big squall Line , they showed some rotation and great shear but were swallowed up by the line eventualy. if I went north through the cell I would have seen alot more, but I left before things were really going and I had to guess. So I'm happy with my results , I skipped out on chasing the durham supercell for that reason , when i saw it around Sarnia , when I drove north i'd have to guess for the intercept and with visibility bad, and the storms extremely fast I decided to opt out.
After the southern cell took off and the Northern one bledning into the main storm I decided to ride it out and head home. Here is the cell to my south ![]() Here is the Northern one, it's taller and faster with rotation as well but it winds up being swallowed by the trailing squall ![]() ![]() Here's an image of the farmer clearing a tree, on the way home I noticed a small aread with alot of healthy mid sized branches laying around and the tree pictured here. I wonder how strong the winds were.... ![]() [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uneA7XuZVI[/media] Last edited by Itchy; 08-13-2010 at 01:03 PM. |
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Good shots Itchy.
Here's a CityTV news article with a lot of pictures and some video: http://www.citytv.com/toronto/cityne...espread-damage |
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AWCN11 CWTO 260848
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO AT 4:48 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 26 AUGUST 2009. SUMMARY OF THE TORNADO OUTBREAK OVER ONTARIO ON AUGUST 20. ------------------------------------------------------------- ==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION== A TRIPLE BARRELLED SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK STRUCK ONTARIO LAST THURSDAY. SHORTLY AFTER NOON A SUPERCELL STORM DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF LAKE HURON. THIS CELL TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD FOR A REMARKABLE 200 KM PRODUCING THE DURHAM AND THORNBURY TORNADOES. THE STORM CELL FINALLY WEAKENED OVER GEORGIAN BAY TOWARD EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME A SQUALL LINE DEVELOPED OVER LOWER MICHIGAN THEN TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS FEATURE PRODUCED STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE TO SEVERAL LOCALES FROM WINDSOR TO WELL NORTHEAST OF TORONTO AS WELL AS THE DESTRUCTIVE VAUGHAN AND NEWMARKET TORNADOES. FINALLY IN THE EARLY EVENING ISOLATED SUPERCELL STORMS TRACKED TO THE EAST OF GEORGIAN BAY. ONE TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD TO PRODUCE A PROBABLE TORNADO OVER THE AREA BETWEEN ARNSTEIN AND NORTH BAY AS WELL AS A WATERSPOUT OVER LAKE NIPISSING. ANOTHER TORNADO TRACKED THROUGH THE GRAVENHURST AREA BEFORE LIFTING. THIS STORM OR ONE NEAR SPAWNED A TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH THE REDSTONE LAKE AND KENNISIS LAKE DISTRICT. THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL THUS FAR FOR THE AUGUST 20 STORMS TO 8 CONFIRMED TORNADOES, 1 PROBABLE TORNADO AND 2 POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THERE WAS ONE FATALITY WITH THE TORNADO IN THE SOUTH END OF DURHAM. SEVERAL OF THE TORNADOES WERE RATED AS F2 DAMAGE ON THE FUJITA SCALE. F2 DAMAGE IS EQUIVALENT TO WIND STRENGTH OF 180 TO 250 KM/H. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF TORNADOES AND ASSOCIATED DAMAGE ASSESSED BY A TOTAL OF FIVE SEPARATE ENVIRONMENT CANADA STORM DAMAGE TEAMS. ------------------------------------------------------------- DATE TORNADO LOCATION/PATH DAMAGE OVERVIEW TORNADO 1 5 KM SW OF DURHAM TO MARKDALE F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (ROUGHLY 20 KM) (SIGNIFICANT HOUSE + TRAILER DAMAGE, TREES DOWN) TORNADO 2 FROM SOUTH OF THORNBURY TO THE F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) SOUTHEAST OF THORNBURY (PATH (MANY TREES SNAPPED, LENGTH UNKNOWN) GEORGIAN PEAKS SUSTAINED DAMAGE, ROOFS REMOVED, HOMES DAMAGED) TORNADO 3 WOODBRIDGE/VAUGHAN F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (SEVERAL KM LONG (HUNDREDS OF HOMES + 50 METRES WIDE) DAMAGED, TREES DOWN, CARS FLIPPED) TORNADO 4 NEWMARKET AREA F1 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (HOCKEY ARENA ALMOST DEMOLISHED, ROYAL CANADIAN RIDING ACADEMY SUSTAINED DAMAGE) TORNADO 5 GRAVENHURST AREA F0 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (PATH ABOUT 10 KM LONG (SHALLOW ROOTED AND UP TO 1 KM WIDE) TREES DOWN) TORNADO 6 MILTON F1 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (LIGHT STANDARDS DOWN, ROOF DAMAGE OF MEDICAL CENTRE AND NEARBY HOTEL, TREES AND FENCES DOWN, MINOR HOME DAMAGE) TORNADO 7 HALIBURTON FOREST AND WILDLIFE F1 TORNADO DAMAGE (VERY (CONFIRMED) CENTRE(NORTHWEST OF HALIBURTON) LARGE SWATH OF TREES DAMAGED) TORNADO 8 REDSTONE LAKE F0 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (MINOR ROOF DAMAGE) TORNADO 9 ARNSTEIN TO RESTOULE TO NORTH WATERSPOUT/TORNADO (PROBABLE) BAY (PATH LENGTH UNKNOWN AT SIGHTINGS (DAMAGE DETAILS THIS TIME) UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME) TORNADO 10 CARLOW MAYO AREA (EAST OF FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTING (POSSIBLE) BANCROFT) (LARGE AREA OF TREE DAMAGE) TORNADO 11 TURNIFF (SE OF BANCROFT) LARGE SWATH OF TREE (POSSIBLE) DAMAGE, AND HUNTING CABIN DAMAGE. ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONTINUES TO EVALUATE THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS AND WILL UPDATE THIS MESSAGE AS NECESSARY. END/OSPC |
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Some damage photos from Durham
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durham, outbreak, tornado, vaughan |
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PICTURE OF THE MOMENT - Photo by: Itchy (Apr.12, 2014, London, ON)