2000 Storm Stats

    The THUNDERSTORMS portion are only the storms that have happened HERE (Niagara area) and are obviously not the amount of storms in Ontario as a whole...) Some listings are  linked directly to pages giving further information, photos, etc.. on that event.  Click on the link to go to the page.

THUNDERSTORMS (severe storms in RED): 45
Jan - 01    Feb - 01    Mar - 01
Apr - 02    May - 13    Jun - 08
Jul - 08    Aug - 05    Sep - 03
            Oct - 01    Nov - 01    Dec - 01           

Date    Time   Tops  Description
Jan 10   3.00 pm  25,000  lightning, thunder
Feb 23   3.30 pm  30,000  thunder
Mar 25   2.00 pm  25,000  thunder
Apr 20
   1.45 pm
10.30 pm		  30,000
 35,000		  thunder
 thunder, frequent cloud-embedded lightning, heavy rain, lightning knocked out power in Virgil.
May 08
   6.00 am
  6.15 pm 		  30,000
 35,000 		  thunder
 thunder
May 09   7.15 pm
10.00 pm
12.30 pm		  45,000
 45,000
 40,000		  thunder, lightning
 thunder, very frequent lightning (anvil, CC, CG), heavy downpours
 thunder, very frequent lightning, heavy downpours
May 12  02.00 am
 07.00 am
 10.30 pm		  35,000
 45,000
 50,000		  thunder, light rain
 thunder, light rain, 2 people in St. Catharines struck by lightning in auto service shop
 possible tornado, heavy thunder, frequent/strobe lightning, heavy downpours
May 17  10.30 pm  30,000  thunder, lightning, brief heavy downpours
May 24

 

  01.00am
 11.15am
 03.10pm
 05.50pm		  30,000
 25,000
 30,000
 25,000		  infrequent thunder and lightning, heavy rain
 infrequent thunder, rain
 thunder, light rain
 heavy thunder, lightning, rain - storms rolled through one after another all day.
Jun 02  03.00am  40,000  thunder, high wind gusts
Jun 09  10.30am  35,000  thunder, rain
Jun 13  10.30am  30,000  thunder, lightning, heavy rain
Jun 14  11.00pm  40,000  frequent lightning/thunder, heavy rain, high wind gusts (111km/hr recorded)
 lightning map , echo tops , severe thunderstorm warning , sounding
Jun 15  12.30pm  30,000  heavy downpours, infrequent thunder & lightning
Jun 24  5.00pm
 9.00pm		  40,000
 50,000		  heavy downpours, strong winds
 torrential downpours, strong winds, frequent lightning
Jun 29  5.00pm  35,000  heavy downpours, lightning, dark cloud lowerings
Jul 03  2.00am  30,000  strong winds, heavy rain, small branches strewn along streets
Jul 09  11.40am  35,000  thunder, rain
Jul 14
 		  05.00am
 02.00pm		  35,000
 30,000		  thunder, rain
 lightning, rain
Jul 17  10.00pm  40,000  light rain, thunder, very frequent in-cloud lightning, CCs, anvil crawlers
Jul 28  03.00pm  45,000  massive hail and wind storm, funnel cloud, 75mm rain in 30 mins
Jul 30  10.30pm  30,000  light rain, thunder, lightning .  [sounding]
Jul 31  05.30pm  30,000  light rain, thunder
Aug 01  03.15pm  25,000  light rain, thunder
Aug 02  08.15pm  40,000  thunder, lightning, torrential downpour
Aug 09  06.30pm
 08.30pm		  40,000
 35,000		  Great chase in the Haldimand-Norfolk county
 thunder, anvil crawler/CC/CG lightning
Aug 10  03.30pm  35,000  strong lightning, loud thunder, rain  [reflectivity, echo tops]
Sep 06  08.00pm  35,000  rain, thunder, lightning
Sep 07  04.00am  40,000  heavy rain, thunder, lightning
Sep 20  10.00pm  30,000  very strong winds, trees and hydro lines down, heavy rain for brief periods, minimal lightning
Oct 04  04.00am  30,000  light thunder, lightning, rain
Nov 20  05.30am  25,000  saw only 1 flash of lightning and one rumble of thunder but it showed up on the lightning map!
Dec.12  01.45am  30,000  moderate rain, strong thunder, close lightning.  [Lightning]  [Doppler]  [Doppler loop]  [Echo tops] 

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