Location
Essex, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
19-3-1948 1:42 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F2
Classification
Probable
Description
Associated with a tornado outbreak which killed 39 (43?) people in the US. (Alton-Bunker Hill-Gillespie)
No funnel mentioned but “It sounded like a thousand express trains”
20 homeless
“Storm acted in a freakish way levelling some dwellings but leaving adjacent buildings unscathed.”
Rare March tornado for Ontario. Second earliest calendar day for Probable/Confirmed tornado in Ontario.
Could warrant F3 upgrade as a house was apparently “levelled”.
Windsor
Essex, Ontario, Canada
Associated with a tornado outbreak which killed 39 (43?) people in the US. (Alton-Bunker Hill-Gillespie)
No funnel mentioned but “It sounded like a thousand express trains”
20 homeless
“Storm acted in a freakish way levelling some dwellings but leaving adjacent buildings unscathed.”
Rare March tornado for Ontario. Second earliest calendar day for Probable/Confirmed tornado in Ontario.
Could warrant F3 upgrade as a house was apparently “levelled”.