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![]() July 17th, 2000 2 confirmed tornados ![]() (tornado in Guelph) Photo taken by Lesley Ord. ![]() ![]() ![]() Video captures of tornado over central Guelph facing E between 2015 EDT and 2022 EDT. Courtesy of Bradley Ivany. A cold front pushed through triggering severe storms that produced 2 confirmed tornados in Guelph (F2) and Waterdown (F?). For full info check out E.C's damage survey by David Sills, MSC King Radar and Paul Campbell, MSC Ontario Region Click here to watch a video of the tornado and news report ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The following are video captures of the storms viewed from a distance (St. Catharines) GENERAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO. 2.16 PM EDT TUESDAY 18 JULY 2000. video available in the videos section ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() TWO CONFIRMED TORNADOES MONDAY EVENING.. TWO CONFIRMED TORNADOES..AN F2 IN GUELPH..AND A SECOND ONE WITH YET UNCONFIRMED INTENSITY TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST OF WATERDOWN. THE DAMAGE IN THE COLDWATER AREA APPEARS TO BE FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS FROM A THUNDERSTORM DOWNBURST AS MOST OF THE FALLEN TREES WERE POINTING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPAWNED BY A SHARP ARCTIC COLD FRONT THAT SWEPT THROUGH SOUTHERN ONTARIO MONDAY EVENING. NUMEROUS WATCHES AND WARNINGS WERE ISSUED AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH. REPORTS RECEIVED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AS OF 2.00 PM TODAY ARE FOUND IN THE TABLE BELOW. LOCATION TIME EVENT DESCRIPTION (EDT) THORNBURY 4.15 PM 80 KM/H WINDS FOR 30 SECONDS PENETANG 4.30 PM GOLF BALL SIZE (4.5 CM) HAIL MIDLAND 4.30 PM 2.5 - 5 CM DIAMETER HAIL SEEN BY PILOT AND STORM SPOTTER PORT MCNICOLL 4.36 PM 2 CM HAIL (E MIDLAND) 6 KM WEST OF 5.30 PM 30 LARGE (2 FT DIAMETER) TREES ORILLIA DOWN 8 KM NW 5.30 PM MANY TREES DOWN COLDWATER LARGE HAY BALES TOSSED UP TO 250 M LARGE ALUMINUM SHED MOVED ORILLIA 5.30 PM 14.4 MM RAIN IN 15 MINUTES SMALL HAIL AND 60 KM/H WINDS MAXWELL 5.30 PM TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS (SW COLLINGWOOD) HAIL AND FLOODING RUSKVIEW 6.00 PM 90 KM/H WINDS (S COLLINGWOOD) 1 CM HAIL 29.2 MM RAIN IN 30 MINUTES LAGOON CITY 6.00 PM WIND GUST 76 KM/H INNISFIL 6.50 PM FUNNEL CLOUD NEWMARKET 6.50 PM 70 KM/H WINDS SCHOMBERG 7.20 PM GOLF BALL SIZE (4.5 CM HAIL) MAPLE 7.25 PM FUNNEL CLOUDS SCARBOROUGH 7.58 PM 80 KM/H WINDS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY 1 CM HAIL THORNHILL 8.01 PM 1 CM HAIL TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS S END OF GUELPH 8.00-8.30 PM CONFIRMED F2 TORNADO - PHOTOGRAPHED TREES DOWN CARS DAMAGED HOMES AND CHURCH DAMAGED POWER FAILURES RICHMOND HILL 8.30 PM 2-5 CM HAIL 15 KM NNE 8.30 PM CONFIRMED TORNADO WATERDOWN UNKNOWN INTENSITY (N BURLINGTON) VIDEO FOOTAGE DOWNSVIEW (EC 8.35 PM 1 CM HAIL HEADQUARTERS) END/KUHN |
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great photography !!!
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I remember when that tornado happened the storm itself was just to our east. Those shots of the lightning were what we were seeing in the sky. I likened the shape of the illuminated clouds with each burst of lightning as to looking like cauliflower.
The first image of the storm, is that the tornado? I've questioned that for a few years now. Can't tell if it's a multivortex tornado or not.
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