They Say What Hit Nipissing and Manitoulin Wasn't a Tornado

A tornado hit Newmarket, Ontario on Monday night.

But whatever it was that struck North Bay, Mattawa, Callander, Larder Lake, Verner, French River, Sturgeon Falls and Manitoulin Island, it wasn't a tornado.

At least, that's the preliminary finding of Environment Canada.

The following statement was issued today by the weather agency:

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO STORMS ON MONDAY JULY 17TH.

DUE TO THE NUMBER OF AREAS WHICH RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ONTARIO ON MONDAY, JULY 17TH, THIS STORM SUMMARY IS MEANT TO REFLECT AREAS WHICH RECEIVED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AS SURVEYED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA PERSONNEL UP TO JULY 20TH.

THE INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COMING DAYS IN ORDER TO CATEGORIZE AND GET A MORE COMPLETE IDEA OF THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE DOWN BY THE STORMS ON JULY 17.

OF PARTICULAR NOTE IS THAT THE DAMAGE TRACK FROM
MANITOULIN ISLAND TO SOUTHWEST OF LAKE NIPISSING THROUGH NORTH BAY AND EASTWARDS TO MATTAWA AND DEEP RIVER AND INTO THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC REPRESENTS AN INTERMITTENT PATH OF DAMAGE OVER 400 KILOMETRES IN LENGTH.

AREA 1 - LARDER LAKE (EAST OF KIRKLAND LAKE)

LARDER LAKE
10:30 AM
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
FUJITA SCALE 1
(WIND 120-170 KM/H)
A ROOF TORN AND LIFTED FROM HOUSE.
LARGE STORAGE DOME DESTROYED.
R/V OVERTURNED.
HUNDREDS OF LARGE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

AREA 2 - MANITOULIN ISLAND - SUDBURY - NORTH BAY - MATTAWA

MANITOULIN ISLAND
3 TO 430 PM
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
FUJITA SCALE 1
(WIND 120-170 KM/H)
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LARGE TREES DOWN ALL OVER THE ISLAND.

WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKE NIPISSING
430 TO 5 PM
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
FUJITA SCALE 1
(120-170 KM/H)
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LARGE TREES DOWN.
SOME DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.

HIGHWAY 17 BETWEEN VERNER AND STURGEON FALLS
5 PM
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
FUJITA SCALE 1
(WINDS 120-170 KM/H)
A NUMBER OF BARNS AND SILOS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.

NORTH BAY AND CALLANDER
5 TO 530 PM
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
FUJITA SCALE 1
(WINDS 120-170KM/H)
LARGE NUMBER OF LARGE TREES DOWN OR SNAPPED OFF.
SOME TREES ON HOMES AND VEHICLES.
TWO RADIO TOWERS TOPPLED.
LARGE CINDERBLOCK GARAGE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED.

TOWN OF MATTAWA
5:30 TO 6 PM
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
FUJITA SCALE 1
(WINDS 120-170 KM/H)
FOUR HOUSES HEAVILY DAMAGED.
NUMEROUS LARGE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.
VEHICLES CRUSHED BY TREES.
ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS BUILDINGS.

EAST OF NORTH BAY TO DEEP RIVER AND NORTHERN
PORTION OF ALGONQUIN PARK
5 TO 7 PM
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
FUJITA SCALE 1
(WINDS 120-170 KM/H)
THOUSANDS OF TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF.

AREA 3 - NEWMARKET AND PETERBOROUGH

NEWMARKET
1015 PM
TORNADO
DAMAGE PATH 10 KM LONG AND 100 M WIDE.
FUJITA SCALE 1
WOODBINE AND DAVIS DRIVE TO YORK REGION
(VIVIAN AND HWY 48)
FACTORY LOST PART OF ROOF
LARGE SHIPPING CONTAINER
LARGE SWATH OF TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED

NEWMARKET
STONEHAVEN SUBDIVISION
1015 PM
TORNADO
DAMAGE PATH 500 M LONG AND 20 TO 30 M WIDE
FUJITA SCALE 0
WINDS UP TO 115
SHINGLES TORN FROM ROOFS.
FENCING MATERIAL CARRIED ABOUT 200 M.

PETERBOROUGH
11:15 PM
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
(WINDS 120-170 KM/H)
PART OF APARTMENT ROOF TORN OFF.
MANY LARGE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF.
TWO CONCRETE SILOS DEMOLISHED.
ONE BARN WITH WALLS CAVED IN.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO STORM EVENTS ON MONDAY, JULY 17.

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