AWCN11 CWTO 241934
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO
 AT 2:16 PM EDT TUESDAY 24 APRIL 2007.

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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==

SUMMER SEVERE WEATHER ROARED THROUGH SOUTHERN ONTARIO MONDAY
AFTERNOON WITH AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH BROUGHT
FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES...STRONG WIND..AND
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. REGIONS ALONG THE EASTERN SHORELINE OF LAKE
HURON EAST TOWARDS PETERBOROUGH AND NORTH TOWARDS BARRIE SAW THE
HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO VERY
HEAVY RAIN. FURTHERMORE ENVIRONMENT CANADA HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS OF
OF TREE LIMBS POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL AS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE DUE TO
THE GUSTY WIND CONDTIONS.

A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TODAY.
THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT OF SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE
RESULTING DAMAGE WHICH WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE STORM DAMAGE SURVEY
TEAM.

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LOCATION                WEATHER EVENT          TIME
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TORONTO (PEARSON)        PEAK GUST  94 KMH    4:46 PM
                         PEAK WIND  76 KMH    4:46 PM

TORONTO (BUTTONVILLE)    PEAK GUST  78 KMH    4:41 PM
                         PEAK WIND  56 KMH    4:41 PM

HAMILTON                 PEAK GUST  89 KMH    4:00 PM

ELORA                    PEAK GUST  74 KMH    4:00 PM

ST. AGATHA (W OF KITCHENER)  MARBLE SIZE HAIL 4:24 PM
                         PEAK GUST  120 KMH (EST'D)

BORDEN                   PEAK GUST  89 KMH    4:00 PM

LOCATION                DAMAGE REPORTED
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VAUGHN TO MARKHAM       -OVER 30 HYDRO POLES DOWN
                        -TWO ROOFTOP AIR CONDITIONERS TOPPLED OFF OF
                         BUILDING
                        -EMPTY RAILCAR CONTAINER TIPPED ONTO SIDE
                        -EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE

VAUGHAN                 -PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED WAREHOUSE BUILDING
                         FLATTENED

MARKHAM                 -ROW OF HOUSES WITH ROOF DAMAGE
                        -GLASS SUNROOM DESTROYED AND BLOWN ACROSS
                         ROAD

BARRIE                  -GUTTERS BLOWN OFF ROOFS

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS THE OBSERVATIONS AT
THE TIME OF BROADCAST AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL
AND FINAL REPORT OF THE WEATHER EVENTS OR THE HIGH
IMPACT EVENTS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WEATHER EVENTS.

END/WONG/MEREDITH