Thursday, June 8, 2011

[DarkSky]

Other radar images :

[gilster]

Cool thanks!

I wish it had of been daylight for that storm even though it practically was with all the lightning.

[WrongWay]

Not sure I should add Georgina June 8 storm to this thread
We got plastered with a storm last evening around 6:30pm,
Some news articles about it.
http://www.yorkregion.com/news/artic...s-up-911-lines
http://www.yorkregion.com/article/10...orst-i-ve-seen

I was standing at a gas pump when the sky turned that odd shade of green and it let go, high winds, heavy rain, things flying around, and hail.
Lot of trees and some power polls down all over town, report of at least one house losing its roof.
Many people with no power since 6:30 last night and they were still out this morning.

Got to find someplace to get me a window mount for my camcorder!

[DarkSky]

Originally Posted by WrongWay

Not sure I should add Georgina June 8 storm to this thread

Yep! Anything in Ontario to do with a specific storm day can go into a thread if it's already created for that day.

We got plastered with a storm last evening around 6:30pm,
Some news articles about it.
http://www.yorkregion.com/news/artic...s-up-911-lines
http://www.yorkregion.com/article/10...orst-i-ve-seen

Thanks for posting the links and personal summary!!

[WrongWay]

Just found this hydro-one Ontario zoomable map that shows the storms damage corridor to the power grid system (110000 houses out)
http://www.hydroone.com/StormCenter/

I think it is regularly updated so as things get patched up they may disappear off the map

Hydro-one storm damage news release
http://www.hydroone.com/OurCompany/M...pdate_10AM.pdf

[DarkSky]

June 8 damage summary :

301 
 AWCN11 CWTO 092325
 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE
 NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
 AT 7:25 PM EDT THURSDAY 9 JUNE 2011.

-------------------------------------------------------------
 ==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==
 AFTER RECEIVING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE FROM A SERIES OF
 THUNDERSTORMS THAT IMPACTED VARIOUS PARTS OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO ON
 WEDNESDAY JUNE 8TH, AN ENVIRONMENT CANADA DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM WAS
 SENT TO TWO OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS TO TRY AND DETERMINE THE CAUSE
 OF THE DAMAGE.  THE DAMAGE SURVERY TEAM VISITED THE COBOCONK AREA TO
 THE EAST OF LAKE SIMCOE IN THE KAWARTHA LAKES REGION, AND MINDEN
 HILLS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF HALIBURTON COUNTY.  TWO POWERFUL LINES
 OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THESE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.  THE FIRST
 LINE OCCURRED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 3 PM WITH THE SECOND OCCURRING
 BETWEEN 7 PM AND 8 PM.  IT APPEARS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE
 IN THE COBOCONK AND MINDEN HILLS AREAS OCCURRED WITH THE FIRST LINE
 OF ACTIVITY.  ALL OF THE DAMAGE THAT WAS SEEN WAS CONSISTENT WITH
 DOWNBURTS OR DAMAGING WINDS AND NOT TORNADOES.  SOME OF THE DAMAGE
 WAS CONSISTENT WITH PEAK WINDS IN THE ORDER OF 120 TO 140 KM/H.

THE SECOND LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO AFFECTED PARTS OF THE
 GREATER TORONTO AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.  TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS,
 STRONG WINDS, HAIL AND INTENSE LIGHTNING WERE ASSOCIATED.

DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF AREAS ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO THAT
 EXPERIENCED SOME FORM OF DAMAGE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, ENVIRONMENT
 CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE OTHER SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF
 DAMAGE AND UPDATE THIS STATEMENT ACCORDINGLY.

REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY  RECEIVED BY
 ENVIRONMENT CANADA AS OF
 7 PM THURSDAY ARE FOUND IN THE TABLE IMMEDIATELY BELOW.


TIME                LOCATION                EVENT

1.30-2.00 PM    MUSKOKA DISTRICT           POWER LINES DOWN
                 LAKE OF BAYS

1.30-2.00 PM    ACTON ISLAND/              NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
                 MUSKOKA LAKES


1.30-2.00 PM    BRACEBRIDGE                POWER OUTAGE
                                            TREES DOWN

2.00-3.00 PM    MINDEN                     TREES DOWN/TREE DAMAGE
                 SOUTHERN HALIBURTON
                 KAWARTHAS

5.00-5.30 PM    OTTAWA                     1.2 CM DIAMETER HAIL

5.00-6.00 PM    ORLEANS                    94 MM RAIN IN HALF AN
 HOUR

6.50 PM         TORONTO                    GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
                 (BATHURST/HWY 7)

7.00 PM         TORONTO                    NICKEL SIZE (2.1CM) HAIL
                 (YONGE AND STEELES)


7.10 PM         BOWMANVILLE                3.5 CM DIAMETER  HAIL


THIS WEATHER SUMMARY CONTAINS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND MAY NOT
 CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL OR FINAL REPORT.

END/OSPC