请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Southwest Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 1984
释义

  1. The tornadoes

  2. External links

{{multiple issues|{{unreferenced|date=November 2008}}{{notability|events|date=June 2018}}
}}

On the evening of September 2, 1984 (Labour Day) several tornadoes hit southwestern Ontario from Windsor to London. This was the biggest severe weather event of the year for the province.{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}} During the morning hours, the surface map revealed a rather potent low pressure system (for late summer) over northern Michigan, moving to the northeast.

A warm front was moving into southern Ontario and bringing with it a moist, unstable airmass. Thunderstorms were also reported across much of district during the early morning hours as well. The cold front however, was still back over Lake Michigan and tracking steadily towards the east. During the afternoon, the weather generally cleared up in the outbreak area and temperatures reached the upper 20s Celsius (low 80s F) with dewpoints in the low 20s Celsius (low 70s F).

The tornadoes

Towards 4:00 pm the cold front was starting to cross the border and thunderstorms began to form over the southern portion of Lake Huron. A tornado was reported near Lakeport, Michigan (where F3 damage occurred) at around 4:30 pm but continued over the lake as a waterspout, before weakening. In Ontario, the first tornado touchdowns were near Melrose (just northwest of London) and at Forest (Lambton County) at 6:00 and 6:20 pm, respectively. Both of these tornadoes were relatively brief.

The next tornadoes occurred near the towns of Staffa and Sebringville (in northern Perth County) at around 6:30 and 7:15 pm, respectively. These tornadoes were likely associated with the same thunderstorm (possibly a supercell, cyclic in nature) as they occurred only within a few kilometres of each other.

At 7:20 pm, the most damaging tornado touched down just southwest of London, where it proceeded to rip through the White Oaks subdivision at the southern end of the city (not too far from Highway 401). Approximately 600 homes were damaged and 30 people were injured as a result. Over the northern portion of the city, torrential downpours dropped 40–60 mm of rain in about an hour and were accompanied by gusty winds. There was one last brief touchdown near Bothwell (northeast of Thamesville, Kent County) shortly after the London Tornado lifted.

None of the six tornadoes were assigned official F-scale ratings by Environment Canada but the London Tornado was almost certainly significant (F2 or higher intensity).{{Citation needed|date=July 2008}}

External links

  • Neighbourhood Feature: White Oaks
  • OntarioWeather Tornado Database
  • Canadian Climate Data, Environment Canada
{{1984 tornado outbreaks}}

6 : Tornadoes in Canada|Tornadoes in Michigan|1984 disasters in Canada|Tornadoes of 1984|1984 in Ontario|September 1984 events

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/9/20 13:36:50