Topic: first tor warning

[mackbig]

About to get smacked. Check out kbuf on gr3, its big.  Almost home
Andrew

[port1]

  Wow, Andrew...you're getting hammered 

Henry

[mackbig]

10 million people hiding in their basements.

Andrew

Wow, Andrew...you're getting hammered 

Henry

[port1]

  Dangerous, but exciting...be safe, man 
 

Henry

[mackbig]

Well it was pretty real.  I can only recall one other Tornado warning for Toronto ever.  Our geography does not lend itself to this kind of weather normally.

I watched the cells on my blackberry on the train ride home.  The line which ran pretty much from Detroit to northern Ontario was just northwest of my house the entire ride.  My wife pin'd me (blackberry point to point message) that a tornado touched in Vaughan (20 km's due west from house), I asked her if the weather radio had gone off again, she said yes two more times.  I told her that probably meant Tornado since the first was tstorm warning... I checked my site, and sure enough they issued a watch then warning within a few minutes. Told her to get to basement even though we were clear at the time.  Got home just as it opened up.   Cleared left side of garage (summer toys and bikes...) to get her car inside, in case of debris or hail.

We actually did not get hit that hard at my house. ony .5 inches of rain at my house, 1 inch at airport just west of us... Watched tv coverage, funny The Weather Network was showing GR3 images on a small computer monitor.  The reports from west of us were already coming in about cars at a mall being tossed around.  Up north a small town got wiped earlier.  But funnel clouds and Tornado's all over the city, even midtown.

The tornado warning window at one point stretched 500km's.  Probably wont know full impact till sun comes up today.  I know this is nothing to you tornado alley folks (f0's, some F1's maybe an f2..., but pretty big news here. Especially since so many people live in the affected area (4 times+ the entire state of Kansas live in the warning zone)

Here are some story links.

Andrew

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tornadoes-tear-through-ontario/article1259536/

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/684412

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/08/21/ontario-storm-thunder-power-tornado402.html

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090820/Ontario_Tornado_090820/20090820?hub=TopStories

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/08/20/tornado-durham.html

[killwilly]

Andrew,

Stay safe my friend.

Alan.

[mackbig]

Saw some aerial photos on tv this morn, it was at least an F2 in Vaughan.

Andrew

edit: some good pic and vid here to
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090821/090821_tornado/20090821/?hub=CP24Home

ps: these arer at the tame end of spectrum...sure more will be posted today.

[CNYWeather]

WOW!   

Last night around 10pm, I saw a couple TVS on the north side of the lake too Andrew.
Plus there was a tornado warning for Allegheny Cty. in NY at the time too.

I'll never forget my 1st Tornado warning either. Incredible storm

Long time ago but a very interesting read about a Derecho.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/sep71998page.htm

[mackbig]

I recall vaguely this two day Dericho event

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/jul1995derechopage.htm#2nd1995
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/jul1995derechopage.htm#4th1995

Andrew

Long time ago but a very interesting read about a Derecho.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/casepages/sep71998page.htm