wisconsinwx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Must be some pretty hardcore elements at play to put a Tor Watch up when most of the watches tonight have been t'storm watches, and you would think as the night goes on, there would be almost nil chance of supercells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 The Canoe is reporting four unconfirmed tornadoes in the London/Goderich area. Wyoming, Kettle Point, Parkhill, and Lucknow. Unconfirmed report of a tornado in Burlington. And probably many other unconfirmed reports. Including here. Basically, no one knows what's going on right now. The cable television went out, but the internet is still working. New tornado warnings just issued for Windsor and Chatham-Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yeah, news on this outbreak is really slow right now. There were reports of a tornado that hit Parkhill. Have you heard anything since it's local? Don't know of anything, but haven't had a chance to follow any news yet. Still having insane lightning here it just won't end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an uncanny otter Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Finally got a Tornado Warning issued for my area. Unfortunately, looks like most of the severe weather is moving off to Lake Erie now. Still, better late than never I suppose. What an INCREDIBLE storm. I'll see about getting some pictures of the lightning up. We didn't see much other than some gusty winds and heavy downpours, but my god, that lightning. Never seen anything like it in my life. Nonstop, 2 hours, constant, constant, constant, never ending. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 The Weather Network just tweeted there is severe damage from Ailsa Craig to Lucan. Campground hit. No other details. This is also near Parkhill where rumours said people were trapped in collapsed homes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Finally got a Tornado Warning issued for my area. Unfortunately, looks like most of the severe weather is moving off to Lake Erie now. Still, better late than never I suppose. What an INCREDIBLE storm. I'll see about getting some pictures of the lightning up. We didn't see much other than some gusty winds and heavy downpours, but my god, that lightning. Never seen anything like it in my life. Nonstop, 2 hours, constant, constant, constant, never ending. Brilliant. It was like that here too. Had it not been for the 90 minute display of non stop, full lit sky lightning the storm would have been kind of wimpy... but that lightning was absolutely incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Still non stop lightning here over the Western end of Lake Erie, really just great dynamic and thermodynamic forcing with this system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toronto blizzard Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Reports of tornado in North york around steeles and weston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Reports of tornado in North york around steeles and weston And in Burlington, trained derailed. CityTV was just live from Cambridge, too. Lots of damage there. Radar showed strong rotation from dwntwn Kitchener to Cambridge to Burlington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toronto blizzard Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 And in Burlington, trained derailed. CityTV was just live from Cambridge, too. Lots of damage there. Radar showed strong rotation from dwntwn Kitchener to Cambridge to Burlington. This outbreak has to be the worst in a while in southern ontario I think even worse than august 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowlord81 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 As everyone else has said, incredible lightning here north of Indy for awhile. Was a fun drive home fun work. Like driving through a car wash. Winds probably gusting to 50mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 This may have occurred near North York, Ontario today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 This may have occurred near North York, Ontario today... I think that may be a fake pic circulating Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Picture of a tornado on CP24 near Goderich this afternoon http://rstorage.filemobile.com/storage/4778995/15 Can't post it, board won't allow the extension Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Getting ready to get smoked here in Solon, OH southeast of Cleveland. Velocities on the TDWR easily 50-60 knots not too far above ground level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHweather Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Called in my experience to the NWS in Cleveland. Probably a weird report. Only estimated winds at 50MPH in my yard and where I could see with some small branches coming down, but none bigger than 2-3". However, heard trees coming down in the woods across the street and saw a power flash about a mile to the west and could hear the transformer blow from my house. Also noted the winds were gusting 40 up to around 50 for about 10 minutes. Lots of CG lightning, all and all I'd say that was worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 It was bad here in Cleveland. I lost a tree in the front yard, as did the neighbor across the street. These are 3 feet diameter trees snapped in half. Lots ofof trees blockingsnapped roads. The highway into downtown was shut down along the lakeshore. So many cars scrambling on side streets. Nothing is moving. What a mess. Up to 8" of rain IMBY this month so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 A WFO Toronto meteorologist said to CBC that they were recording 1,000 lightning strikes every two minutes in the Lower Great Lakes. “We had this massive line of thunderstorms with very intense lightning … and that was the big story if you were along the lower Great Lakes, how intense and continuous that lightning was, about 1,000 strikes every two minutes," said Wagstaffe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOH Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 It was bad here in Cleveland. I lost a tree in the front yard, as did the neighbor across the street. These are 3 feet diameter trees snapped in half. Lots ofof trees blockingsnapped roads. The highway into downtown was shut down along the lakeshore. So many cars scrambling on side streets. Nothing is moving. What a mess. Up to 8" of rain IMBY this month so far. Not much wind with the storm in my area. But a lot of rain, over 1.5"and lightning. As others have said, the lighting was unbelievable. Lot of branches, and a few large trees down in Chagrin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Great CG lightning show, but other than that, quite meh imby. No wind at all, no hail, and the rain was paltry. The Sunday storms were much more impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Noice! Possible tornado tracked through my neighbouring city. Looks like EC will be out investigating today. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 7:16 AM EDT THURSDAY 25 AUGUST 2011. ------------------------------------------------------------- ==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION== A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTED MUCH OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT, ASSOCIATED WITH A SHARP COLD FRONT. CONDITIONS WERE FAVOURABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF TORNADOES, AND SEVERAL WALL CLOUDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF POSSIBLE TORNADOES BUT THESE HAVE NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. WIND GUSTS OF 100 KM/H, GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALSO OCCURRED. IN ADDITION, CONTINUOUS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING ACCOMPANIED THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE REPORTS RECEIVED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AS OF 10:00 AM EDT THURSDAY. ONE STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS BEEN DISPATCHED THIS MORNING TO CHECK OUT A POSSIBLE TORNADO THAT TRACKED FROM CAMBRIDGE TO BURLINGTON. ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT DAMAGE REPORTS AND MAY DISPATCH OTHER STORM SURVEY TEAMS IF NECESSARY. ------------------------------------------------------------- TIME(LCL) LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION 6:48 PM POINT EDWARD TOONIE TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL (NEAR SARNIA) 6:56 PM LUCKNOW FUNNEL CLOUD, TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLE TORNADO 7:22 PM SOUTH OF DURHAM ESTIMATED 100 KM/H WIND GUST 7:47 PM KETTLE POINT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IPPERWASH 7:50 PM GRAND BEND 100 KM/H WIND GUST FUNNEL CLOUD, HAIL 7:55 PM LUCAN NICKEL SIZE HAIL 7:58 PM DUNDALK 90-100 KM/H WIND GUST MARBLE SIZE HAIL 8:10 PM FERGUS 100 KM/H WIND GUST (EST) MARBLE SIZE HAIL 8:15 PM EAST PARKHILL TWISTED TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLE TORNADO 8:19 PM PARKHILL TWISTED TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLE TORNADO 8:31 PM GODERICH GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 8:33 PM SARNIA QUARTER SIZE HAIL 8:35 PM PETROLIA FUNNEL CLOUD 8:35 PM CAMBRIDGE FUNNEL CLOUD 8:38 PM SOUTH OF PETROLIA MARBLE SIZE HAIL 8:42 PM KETTLE POINT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL UPROOTED TREES 8:44 PM LUCAN 50 MM RAIN IN 30 MINUTES 9:07 PM CAMBRIDGE 100 KM/H WIND GUST 9:10 PM KITCHENER LOCAL FLOODING 9:20 PM THEDFORD GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL (SOUTH OF GRAND BEND) 9:20 PM CAMBRIDGE TREES AND WIRES DOWN 9:20 PM GALT POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 9:20 PM FERGUS/GUELPH FUNNEL CLOUD 9:27 PM BURLINGTON 85 KM/H WIND GUST 9:31 PM HAMILTON 100 KM/H WIND GUST SCATTERED DEBRIS 9:36 PM LONDON TREES DOWN 9:37 PM FLAMBOROUGH TREES DOWN 10:00 PM RODNEY QUARTER SIZE HAIL, HEAVY RAIN 10:00 PM PORT WELLER WIND GUST 78 KM/H 10:12 PM CENTRAL MIDDLESEX FUNNEL CLOUD TOUCHED DOWN AND COUNTY TORE ROOF OFF DRIVE SHED POSSIBLE TORNADO 10:12 PM AILSA CRAIG TREE WENT THROUGH A TENT (NORTHWEST OFLONDON) 10:28 PM NIAGARA DIME SIZE HAIL, HIGH WINDS TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR 11:00 PM KITCHENER 33 MM RAIN IN 1 HOUR 11:35 PM KINGSVILLE POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD 12:00 AM PETAWAWA 64 MM OF RAIN FROM 7:00 PM 02:18 AM LONG POINT WIND GUST 97 KM/H THIS WEATHER SUMMARY CONTAINS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION AND MAY NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL OR FINAL REPORT. END/OSPC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I've plotted all the reports above ^^^ except for flash flood/heavy rain reports. Every county south/west of the yellow line was put under a tornado warning at some point during the afternoon/evening. Prelim reports, more still coming in to Environment Canada so I'll keep updating this map with new info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo6899 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 any videos of any tornadoes in canada? Or did most of the action occur when the sun went down? Don't remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an uncanny otter Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I think Chatham-Kent really dodged a bullet last night, because as soon as the cold front passed over us into Lake Erie, it started spawning tornadic vortex signatures and large hail. If that line had gotten its act together only 50 km earlier, I might have been seeing a lot more damage this morning Still an unbelievable storm. The effect themselves weren't too significant in my area (30 mm of rain in a half hour, gusty winds, we've seen far worse.) But the lightning was unbelievable, and the fact that so many counties were put under Tornado Warnings shows just how seriously EC took this thing. I ended up spending nearly the entire day tracking these storms, but seeing the best lightning show of my life for 3 hours straight made it totally worth it. Perfect "grand finale" for what has been a very stormy year in Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 From my parents in Toledo "We got T-storms in the early hours of August 24 with 1.5" of rain" evening of August 24 "lots of lightning" Total rain for one day: 1.8" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOH Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Tornado confirmed in Chesterland Ohio last night... approximately 20 miles east/southeast of Cleveland. There used to be few members on the board from that location. It was an EF1 but there was structural damage to buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Tornado confirmed in Chesterland Ohio last night... approximately 20 miles east/southeast of Cleveland. There used to be few members on the board from that location. It was an EF1 but there was structural damage to buildings. I'll upload some pictures in the next post, but I'm shocked that CLE did not do a tornado survey on the west side of Cleveland. There are 100s of trees down along Edgewater and they are not all facing the same direction, which would lead me to believe that it may not have been straight line winds. There was basically moderate tree damage from Edgewater Drive down Lake Avenue to where Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church was damaged. I had just fallen asleep before the line of storms hit, and was abruptly awoken by extreme wind and snapping trees. My neighbor across the street had a 90 year old tree snapped in half and luckily fell away from their house. My other neighbor had a huge branch break and crash into their living room window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Storm Damage Panorama: More Trees: Snapped like toothpicks: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Environment Canada confirmed an F1 tornado 10 miles southeast of here that tracked from Cambridge to Westover. Peak width was 327 yards and the path was 9 miles long. I believe the meso/wall cloud passed over the house about five minutes before it touched down. Might have been why so many people around here reported heavy air pressure? Updated reports map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOH Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'll upload some pictures in the next post, but I'm shocked that CLE did not do a tornado survey on the west side of Cleveland. There are 100s of trees down along Edgewater and they are not all facing the same direction, which would lead me to believe that it may not have been straight line winds. There was basically moderate tree damage from Edgewater Drive down Lake Avenue to where Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church was damaged. I had just fallen asleep before the line of storms hit, and was abruptly awoken by extreme wind and snapping trees. My neighbor across the street had a 90 year old tree snapped in half and luckily fell away from their house. My other neighbor had a huge branch break and crash into their living room window. Looks like significant tree damage in your area. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a brief spin up. I have several 80-100 year old oaks around my house... so I'm thankful we didn't get the strong winds. I hate to see the old growth trees come down like that. That damage looks a lot like what happened in 1993, I believe it was the 1st or 2nd of August. There was significant straight line wind damage along the lakeshore from downtown all the way to Euclid. Bratenahl and parts of Euclid were virtually shut down for 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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