STORMS OF 2001
YEAR 2001 STORM-SEASON STATISTICS:
Niagara
Worst air pollution days: June 28: 67 (poor)
Click
here for smog picture
Niagara Hottest day (with humidex): June 29:
34C (40C)
(These stats are only for my area as it would be impossible to keep stats for the entire southern Ontario area, also, these are only storms I've witnessed or have data/news about - yes, even I might sleep through a passing storm at 3am:^) Much of the text below is linked to separate pages with full info, pictures, and video. Severe thunderstorms are highlighted in RED.
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Thunderstorms by month (red blocks are for severe storms) TALK ABOUT A SLOW YEAR!!!! |
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Thunderstorm Descriptions |
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| Date | Time | Tops (in feet) | Description |
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12am |
40,000 |
Intense lightning, downpours, power to half city knocked out. | |
| Apr.09 |
2:30pm |
30,000 |
Strong downpours, svr t-storm watch |
| Apr.12 | 2:30am |
35,000 |
Intense lightning |
| May.18 | 10:30am |
30,000 |
Lots of thunder, little visible lightning. Power knocked out momentarily. |
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May.21 |
11:45am |
30,000 |
Slight thunder, rain. |
| May.22 | 5:15pm | 25,000 | Weak thunderstorms embedded in system that brought lots of rain. |
| May.27 | 12:15pm | 30,000 | Light rain, thunder. [lightning map] [doppler] |
| Jun.19 | 9:30pm | 45,000 | Local heavy rains, lightning.[warning] [hires sat.] |
| Jun.20 | 3:00am | 35,000 | Lightning, rain. |
| Aug.19 | 10:00am 10:30pm |
30,000 25,000 |
Thunder, rain. Light thunder, light rain. |
| Aug.31 | 4:pm | 30,000 | Heavy thunder, rain, lightning. |
| Sep.21 | 9:30pm | 30,000 | Heavy downpours (much needed too) |
| Oct.23 | 1:00pm | 30,000 | Strong winds with minimal rain/thunder. |
| Oct.24 | 11:45pm | 35,000 | Strongest storm of the year! Continual strobe-like lightning, canon thunder, MASSIVE winds and rain. Click here for pics and video. |
| Detailed pages with photos/information on specific 2001 storms : | |
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April 7th, first t-storm of the year for us. Severe thunderstorm warning. Click pic for info. |
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April 9th, severe storm watches, heavy downpours and winds. |
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June 19th, severe thunderstorms, tornado |
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July 4th, 4 confirmed tornados + more unconfirmed in small tornado outbreak |
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October 24th - Severe thunderstorms, tornado warnings. Strong lightning/winds/rain. |
