If You Saw This Sign...
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Be careful with that ****...these storms were dangerous. I heard about winds of 100+ mph. We almost drove right into it, but Kelly left her phone at her aunt's house, so we ended up just going back and staying there for the night. I'm sure we would've hit a ton of flooding if we tried to drive home at 2AM.
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Winds are over 120 kmph with these storms. Not 100 mph so it's died down a bit, but still ******* windy as ****. Big "cells" keep popping up all over Southern Ontario.
Lots of wind damage, area north of London had alot of small farms/houses taken out from tornados.
We just drove back from Winsor today too, we saw all the flooding on the way back. ****** nuts.
Lots of wind damage, area north of London had alot of small farms/houses taken out from tornados.
We just drove back from Winsor today too, we saw all the flooding on the way back. ****** nuts.
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There were some tornados around here too, but most of them were apparently pretty far north of here.
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.as...9&nav=LotCNLCE
http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.as...9&nav=LotCNLCE
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UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:13 PM EDT SUNDAY 23 MAY 2004.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
WATFORD - THE PINERY PARK - EASTERN LAMBTON COUNTY
STRATHROY - KOMOKA - WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY
LONDON - PARKHILL - EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY
WOODSTOCK - TILLSONBURG - OXFORD COUNTY
GODERICH - BLUEWATER - SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY
WINGHAM - BLYTH - NORTHERN HURON COUNTY
STRATFORD - MITCHELL - SOUTHERN PERTH COUNTY
LISTOWEL - MILVERTON - NORTHERN PERTH COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR:
ST THOMAS - AYLMER - EASTERN ELGIN COUNTY.
==DISCUSSION==
A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN LAKE
HURON SOUTH INTO LAMBTON AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES CONTINUES TO MOVE
EAST AT ABOUT 70 KM/H AND IS ENTERING HURON COUNTY FROM GODERICH AND
SOUTH AND WILL ENTER PERTH AND OXFORD COUNTIES INCLUDING STRATFORD
AND WOODSTOCK NEAR BETWEEN 9.15-9.30 PM.
SPOTTERS REPORTED A SHELF CLOUD AND A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE LONDON
AREA SHORTLY BEFORE 9 PM AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN SOUTH LONDON AROUND
9.05 PM.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF WIND GUSTS TO 120 KM/H AND
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO ALONG WITH
INTENSE LIGHTNING. FUNNEL CLOUDS..LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. REMEMBER SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE TORNADOES..LISTEN FOR UPDATED WARNINGS. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
AT 9:13 PM EDT SUNDAY 23 MAY 2004.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
WATFORD - THE PINERY PARK - EASTERN LAMBTON COUNTY
STRATHROY - KOMOKA - WESTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY
LONDON - PARKHILL - EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY
WOODSTOCK - TILLSONBURG - OXFORD COUNTY
GODERICH - BLUEWATER - SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY
WINGHAM - BLYTH - NORTHERN HURON COUNTY
STRATFORD - MITCHELL - SOUTHERN PERTH COUNTY
LISTOWEL - MILVERTON - NORTHERN PERTH COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR:
ST THOMAS - AYLMER - EASTERN ELGIN COUNTY.
==DISCUSSION==
A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN LAKE
HURON SOUTH INTO LAMBTON AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES CONTINUES TO MOVE
EAST AT ABOUT 70 KM/H AND IS ENTERING HURON COUNTY FROM GODERICH AND
SOUTH AND WILL ENTER PERTH AND OXFORD COUNTIES INCLUDING STRATFORD
AND WOODSTOCK NEAR BETWEEN 9.15-9.30 PM.
SPOTTERS REPORTED A SHELF CLOUD AND A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE LONDON
AREA SHORTLY BEFORE 9 PM AND PEA SIZED HAIL IN SOUTH LONDON AROUND
9.05 PM.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF WIND GUSTS TO 120 KM/H AND
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO ALONG WITH
INTENSE LIGHTNING. FUNNEL CLOUDS..LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR.
THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. REMEMBER SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE TORNADOES..LISTEN FOR UPDATED WARNINGS. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
I know this stuff isn't as big as what you guys see, but we never have anything remotely close to funnel clouds touching down, etc.
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http://www.tapestryweb.org/tornado/shelfcloud.html
I didn't know what a shelf cloud was.. So.. There's a good explanation!
I didn't know what a shelf cloud was.. So.. There's a good explanation!