2002 Tornado & Thunderstorm statistics

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Ontario Tornados of 2002:

Location	Date	Time	Rating	Description
Barrie	May.31	11:15am	F1	Confirmed tornado west of the city near Hwy.90
North Bay	May.31	4:22pm	-	Unofficial confirmation: airport, 100's of students at nearby school. Damage to factory, hydro polls, heavy debris thrown up to 1.5km away. More info (with photo of tornado)
Dorchester	Jun.15	2:15pm	-	Unofficial. Weak tornado reported by trained weather observer in Dorchester, 30km E. of London. Storm was apparently so weak it wasn't even producing thunder/lightning at the time.
near Sarnia	Jun.21	?	-	Unconfirmed
Fallowfield	Jun.23	?	F1	Confirmed F1 damage.
Emo	Jul.12	?	-	Unconfirmed. No damage reported.
Kosh Lake Vankleek Hill N. of Sudbury	Jul.28	? ? 12:30pm	- - -	Unconfirmed. Damaging wind gusts. Unconfirmed. Damaging wind gusts. Location: Half Way Lake. Widepread damage to trees, some property damage. 4 people were injured. Damage Photos here
Alliston Wyoming Oshawa Huntsville Kenilworth	Jul.29	3:30pm ? ? ? ?	-	Near Hwy. 89. Photos HERE Unconfirmed. Unconfirmed. Unconfirmed. Unconfirmed.
Clearwater Bay	Aug.10	?	-	Unconfirmed. Damaging wind gusts.
Keswick/Sutton	Aug.14	?	-	Unconfirmed. Damaging wind gusts.
Pembroke	Sep.10	?	-	Unconfirmed. Damaging wind gusts.

STORM DEATHS of 2002:

Location	Date	Description
Kaladar,On	Aug.02	One man was killed in the Kaladar area, when strong winds brought down a tree on his tent trailer.

Thunderstorms of 2002 (St. Catharines only):
# thunderstorms for the year: 26
Boxes colours: Regular Storm, Watch Issued, Warning Issued

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Thunderstorm Descriptions (storms in yellow were issued watches, red for warnings)
Date	Time	Tops(feet)	Description
Mar.09	7pm	20,000	Very strong winds as temps went from 20C to 0C in matter of hours. Gusts of up to 138km/hr recorded, power out, trees blown over.
Apr.19	6am	40,000	Frequent thunder/lightning.
Apr.28	1:45pm	40,000	Weak thunder, light rain. Severe thunderstorm watch here, and tornado warning boxes just to the south in the US. Main threat here of medium size (mothball) hail.
May.09	12:45pm	30,000	Brief thunder, rain. Radar summary A few vidcaps
May.25	9:15pm	30,000	Strong storms to the south in the US but only light rain, lightning, and thunder here.
May.31	7:00am 2pm	35,000 35,000	Moderate rain, light thunder. Radar: Summary, Reflectivity Huge cumulus formed with the passing of the "cold front" (little temp. change here) Storms severe in other areas - click HERE for info.
Jun.04	10:35am	30,000	Weak storm. Light rumbling thunder.
Jun.05	4:25am	35,000	Weak storm but produced some nice CC lightning strikes.
Jun.15	10:15am	30,000	Weak - light thunder, brief rain.
Jun.16	2:10pm	25,000	Weak - thunder, rain. Brief.
Jun.17	2:10pm	35,000	Weak to moderate here - thunder, brief downpour with pea-sized hail, later around 3pm a stronger storm developed with the OPP reporting large hail was forcing highway traffic to pull over and stop. Dime-size hail reported in central St. Catharines. Click here for photos.
Jun.21	5:30pm	30,000	Weak - light thunder, rain.
Jun.27	12:15pm	45,000	Moderate to strong. Long-lasting (2 hrs) - periods of strong thunder/lightning/rain. Winds gusty at times but mostly non-existent.
Jul.18	3:15pm	30,000	Very weak. Minimal rain. No visible lightning, light spaced out thunder.
Jul.21	11:00pm	25,000	Weak storm brought some much needed rain.
Jul.22	5:00pm	35,000	Very dark skies over the lake but only light thunder/rain/winds.
Jun.29	4am	40,000	I missed most of this one because I had to be somewhere. It seemed pretty strong though from what I could hear.
Jul.31	12pm	35,000	Moderate storm. Was severe earlier but by the time it hit Niagara there was rain and thunder. Moderate winds at times.
Aug.16	6pm	40,000	Weak LP with minimal thunder.
Sep.10	8pm	40,000	Severe storms with high wind gusts, heavy rain, and very intense lightning.
Sep.14	8:30pm	35,000	Nice CC lightning and in-cloud lightning. Minimal wind/rain.
Sep.15	3:15am	35,000	Moderate storm but was mostly passing north over the lake, only top end clipped Niagara.
Sep.20	4:00am	30,000	Light thunder/lightning/rain/winds.
Oct.07	3:30am	25,000	Minimal thunder/lightning but VERY strong winds with moderate rain. Short-lived squall line.
Nov.10	8:30pm	35,000	Moderate lightning/thunder. Light rain/winds.