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Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005
Series of thunderstorms in Southern Ontario in 2005 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Southern Ontario tornado outbreak of 2005 was a series of thunderstorms on the afternoon of August 19, 2005, that spawned tornadoes damaging homes in the Conestoga Lake, Fergus, and Tavistock areas. A tornado was reported within the Toronto city limits, although this was never officially confirmed by the Meteorological Service of Canada. The storms morphed into heavy rain cells when reaching Toronto. The Insurance Bureau of Canada has estimated that insured losses were the highest in the province's history, exceeding 500 million Canadian dollars, two and a half times that of Ontario's losses during the 1998 ice storm and the second largest loss event in Canadian history[1] until another event of torrential rain of July 8, 2013 (1 billion CAD).[2]
![]() Supercell thunderstorm hitting Toronto and the surrounding suburbs | |
Type | Tornado outbreak |
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Duration | August 19, 2005 |
Tornadoes confirmed | 3 confirmed, 1 unconfirmed |
Max. rating1 | F2 tornado |
Duration of tornado outbreak2 | 3 hours, 10 minutes |
Fatalities | None |
Damage | in excess of $500 million CAD |
Areas affected | Southern Ontario |
1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale 2Time from first tornado to last tornado |