Tornado warning north of Toronto

[Spazito]

Reports of building damage, no reports of injuries so far. This was on CTV News Net a few minutes ago. Stay safe everyone in that area!

[HEyHEY]

1. Does this mean the Toronto Maple Leafs will blow away?

[Spazito]

2. LOL, hmmm, I wonder if anyone will notice if they do?

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[MissMarple]

3. You guys have tornadoes there?

I hate tornadoes, I used to be from Tornado Alley.

[HEyHEY]

4. We call em "Torn eh does"

[Spazito]

5. They are relatively rare but we do have them

especially in the prairie provinces: Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba as they are the northern end of 'tornado alley'. I am not sure how rare they are in Ontario though, I thought it was but someone else may know more.

[achtung_circus]

6. Well, I'm off work today

this week, this month?, this year?? or I'd have a closer perspective, but right now the sky to the north of me is that ugly green colour I saw on the prairies and the rumble of thunder is basically continuous.

[Spazito]

7. Wow, they were talking about damage near Kingston

trees down, electrical lines down, etc. I don't know if the warnings are still in effect tho.

[achtung_circus]

8. Environment Canada for Barrie

Environment Canada's Official Weather Warnings
Watches
Barrie - Collingwood - Hillsdale
2:42 PM EDT Friday 19 August 2005

Tornado watch for
Barrie - Collingwood - Hillsdale continued

..Risk of a tornado ahead of a cold front this afternoon..

This is an alert to the potential development of tornadoes and severe
thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds.

Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.
If threatening weather approaches..Take immediate safety precautions.


A frontal system crossing the above regions will collide with an increasingly moist and unstable airmass to produce favourable conditions for severe thunderstorms and possibly tornadoes this afternoon into early this evening. Radar is currently showing several lines of severe thunderstorms and some of these storms have been exhibiting signs of rotation on Doppler radar and are capable of producing a tornado. These storms will also be capable of producing Damaging wind gusts in excess of 90 km/h..Large hail in excess of 2 centimetres and locally heavy rainfall in excess of 50 millimetres in one hour.

[CHIMO]

9. Environment Canada

Site.

Just click on an area for the conditions.

http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/warnings/son_e.html

[Spazito]

10. Here is a report from CTV

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Warnings have been posted for Mississauga, Halton Hills, Milton, Brampton and Caledon.

Severe weather has also been affecting Kitchener, Guelph and Orangeville, in addition to Burlington, Oakville and Toronto.

Forecasters say the storms could produce winds of 90 kilometres per hour, as well as heavy rainfall and hail.

Buildings were reportedly damaged and cars overturned near Kitchener.

Severe weather has already been reported in the London, Ont. region.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124477195313_2/?hub=TopStories

[Spazito]

11. Geez, now Toronto itself is now under tornado warnings

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