WOCN10 CWTO 251757
GENERAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO.
1.57 PM EDT THURSDAY 25 MAY 2000.

  SEVERE WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 24TH OVER EASTERN ONTARIO.

  THUNDERSTORMS WERE REPORTED OVER MANY PARTS OF ONTARIO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.  THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THEM TO BECOME SEVERE
IN SOUTHWESTERN AND EASTERN ONTARIO SO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES
WERE ISSUED NEAR MID DAY.  BY THE AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS STARTED
TO DEVELOP AND A NUMBER OF WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR EASTERN ONTARIO
REGIONS.

  SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT THIS OFFICE HAS RECEIVED INCLUDE: HAIL - A
FEW REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL - 2 CENTIMETRE HAIL IN ORLEANS AND 2.5
CENTIMETRE HAIL NEAR STIRLING. THERE WERE ALSO STRONG WINDS AND HAIL
REPORTED IN THE PETERBOROUGH AREA.

  WIND GUSTS OF 85 KM/H WERE REPORTED AT THE OTTAWA AIRPORT.  THERE
WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO WINDS IN THE GLOUCESTER AREA EAST OF
OTTAWA WEDNESDAY EVENING.  TREES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED AND UPROOTED..
SOME HOMES AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS EXPERIENCED ROOF DAMAGE.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA INVESTIGATED THE DAMAGE SITE AND EVIDENCE SUGGESTS
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS..HAIL AND A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH THIS
EVENT. ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WINDSPEED WAS IN THE 120-150 KM/H RANGE.

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