Well after reading the comments it appears that a tornado warning was issued for Elie after a funnel cloud was reported from a thunderstorm near Elie. What are the odds that on the same day there'd be a tornado warning with a confirmed funnel over a town that was nailed by a major league tornado 3 years ago today? Crazy stuff!!!
Here is the warning...
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WFCN11 CWWG 222010
TORNADO WARNING
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:10 PM CDT TUESDAY 22 JUNE 2010.
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TORNADO WARNING FOR:
=NEW= R.M. OF CARTIER INCLUDING ELIE ST. EUSTACHE AND SPRINGSTEIN.
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==DISCUSSION==
AT 3 PM WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED A FUNNEL CLOUD EMERGING OUT OF A
THUNDERSTORM NEAR ELIE. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A
TORNADO AT ANY TIME AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL. THE CELL IS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 40 KM/H.
THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES ARE
IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
NOTE..A SUMMARY OF ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA IS
AVAILABLE IN THE WWCN11 CWWG BULLETIN ISSUED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
THIS BULLETIN.
Here is a radar reflectivity/velocity image from the time it was issued!
------Written this morning------
It has been 3 years since Canada had its first F5 tornado. To this day, it's still the best tornado I've ever seen in terms of structure (Dave) and how easy it was to chase. It was the most photogenic tornado Dave and I have ever seen and I'm sure it'll always hold the number one spot.
Here are some links/videos to remind you of that day!
News Article
News Article 2 (More Science Related)
Tornado Photos
Damage Photos
Ha nice. Definitely knew you were going to do a post about elie. :) Amazing tornado!!
ReplyDeleteIronically, There is a tornado warning for Elie on the 3 year anniversary.
ReplyDeleteWas just about to say what Janice said :P
ReplyDeleteThe cell is headed towards the city, we'll have to see what happens!
Damn...on the anniversary...that's no good.
ReplyDeleteJust looked at the radar around that time...cell looked okay...velocity couplet wasn't tight at all...only a broad circulation could be seen for like one scan...poor people of Elie!
Strange irony Justin, tuesday for last thursday your call for
ReplyDelete.somewhere just SE of Fargo, North Dakota (Fergus Falls, MN) reminds us that you are 2 for 2 on coincidences.
6/22/1919
An F5 tornado struck Fergus Falls, MN. At least 57 people were killed and over 200 injured. The tornado was 400 yards wide with and was on the ground for 20 miles.
The coincidence, Leaf Valley/Douglas Minn EF4 on thursday was just west of Fergus falls.
ReplyDeleteMy fiance has seen a funnel cloud on highway 248 (heading toward st eustache) around 5:45 pm. We has pics and video of it. I missed out on this one! I wanted to report it to EC but cant find an easy way to do it.
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ReplyDeleteJanice, you can call EC at 1-800-239-0484 and report what you see. I do this any time I've experienced anything severe and they're always appreciative of the info.
ReplyDeleteDespite knowing that the potential was there for yesterdays events I was held up at work.. grrrrr!
Thanks, I will call them.
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